Health Inequities

Centering the Health of Mothers in the Public Health Agenda

Past

Oct 24, 2022

1:00-2:30 p.m. ET

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A woman holding a baby over her shoulder with her hand on his back.

Approximately 4 million women give birth each year in the U.S. Yet, traditional public health approaches have continued to consider maternal and child health together. How do we put the needs of mothers at the heart of public health? And how do we ensure attention to the health of all persons who give birth?

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Speakers

Marcela Howell

Marcela Howell

@BlackWomensRJ

President; CEO, In Our Own Voice: National Black Women's Reproductive Justice Agenda

May Sudhinaraset

May Sudhinaraset

@UCLAFSPH

Associate Professor, University of California Los Angeles Fielding School of Public Health

Monica McLemore

Monica McLemore

@mclemoremr

Professor, Child, Family and Population Health Department Interim Director, Center for Anti-Racism in Nursing University of Washington, School of Nursing

Elizabeth Armstrong

Elizabeth Armstrong

@Princeton

Head of Butler College, Associate Professor of Sociology and Public Affairs, Princeton University

Fiona Challacombe

Fiona Challacombe

@DrFionaCh

NIHR Clinical Lecturer, Kings College London

Priyanka Dayal McCluskey
MODERATOR

Priyanka Dayal McCluskey

@Priyanka_Dayal

Senior Health Reporter, WBUR