To reduce health inequities, clinics need lawyers on the team
Social ills, such as substandard housing and food insecurity, fuel sicknesses that our health care system must then address. What we don't often consider—but should—is that many of these social and structural problems are also legal problems. As such, they may have legal solutions. Health care workers (and health care budgets)…
The Future of Healthy Schools: Supportive Funding, Systems Change, and Community Collaboration
Long overdue: Addressing black maternal health in the United States
Not long ago, a friend of mine died a week after delivering her baby. As her friend, I was devastated. As an obstetric nurse, I was baffled – my friend was black, over 35 years old, and had a pre-existing…
Delivering high-quality, equitable maternal care: Lessons from the nation’s largest private integrated care delivery organization
Over the past year, National Public Radio has been reporting on the high rates of maternal mortality in the U.S. through a special series called, “Lost Mothers.” I’ve been following along on my commute to work, often distressed by stories…