To close racial gap in maternal health, some states take aim at ‘implicit bias’
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Nada Hassanein | Stateline.org (TNS) Countless times, Kenda Sutton-El, a Virginia doula, has witnessed her Black pregnant…
Nada Hassanein | Stateline.org (TNS) Countless times, Kenda Sutton-El, a Virginia doula, has witnessed her Black pregnant…
Dana Williams, top, and Khalyson McDuffie, doulas with Birth in Color, a Virginia group that offers doula services for pregnant…
Patient-provider racial/ethnic concordance (i.e., physician and patient identify as the same race/ethnicity) has emerged as one…
This brief examines how past policies and events are linked to present-day disparities among Black people in health and health…
HOUSTON — Tonjanic Hill was overjoyed in 2017 when she learned she was 14 weeks pregnant. Despite a history of uterine fibroids…
Aniya was ready to leave. She was dressed in a fuzzy white onesie her mother had packed for her first trip home. Yet Aniya’s…
The statistic made a 'mathematically absurd claim' about the impact of physician race on the survival rate of black newborns: "Fo…
n Doctors are concerned that a Supreme Court ruling issued June 29 will have far-reaching effects not only on the diversity of…
Doctors are concerned that a Supreme Court ruling issued June 29 will have far-reaching effects not only on the diversity of…
Doctors are concerned that a Supreme Court ruling issued June 29 will have far-reaching effects not only on the diversity of…
Victoria Ferrell Ortiz learned she was pregnant during summer 2017. The Dallas resident was finishing up an AmeriCorps job with…
Victoria Ferrell Ortiz learned she was pregnant during summer 2017. The Dallas resident was finishing up an AmeriCorps job with…
Victoria Ferrell Ortiz learned she was pregnant during summer 2017. The Dallas resident was finishing up an AmeriCorps job with…
This long new article in Science, one of the world’s premier science journals (or should I call it a “magazine”?), not only…
A St. Louis doula program, part of a nonprofit that received funding in the $1.7 trillion federal budget bill, looks for…
This is an update to our analysis of racial disparities in maternal and infant health and an overview of current efforts to…
The similar-to-me effect is a cognitive bias related to the idea that people have a preference for those that are similar – look…
Blacks were twice as likely to die from COVID; here’s what we’re doing to tackle longstanding inequities in healthcare
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By LUKE OAKDEN-RAYNER In this piece, Luke discusses a preprint* titled Reading Race: AI Recognises Patient’s Racial Identity…
Covid-19 exposed the stark inequalities that put disadvantaged groups more at risk from the pandemic. Now Rupa Marya and Raj…
Is this the darkest timeline? Are we the baddies? Hi! It has been a while! My blogging was extremely slow in 2020…
Doomsday headlines are nothing new. But over time they can damage your mental health if you’re not careful.
Doomsday headlines are nothing new. But over time they can damage your mental health if you’re not careful.
By Ngozi F. AnachebeIn hindsight, 2020 is appearing to be a pivotal time in medical education. 2020 saw the emergence of the…
When Black doctors cared for Black babies, their mortality rate was cut in half, says a new study. But why?
FRIDAY, Sept. 18, 2020 (HealthDay News) — When newborns and the physicians treating them are of the same race, the newborn…
Scientists discover the function of the trabeculae, muscle fibers lining human hearts.The structures were first described by…
A new study examined nearly 2 million births in Florida from 1992 to 2015.The results showed that, when cared more by a white…
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