Health Inequities

Birthing and Raising the Next Generation: Holistic Approaches to Advance Racial and Social Equity.

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Apr 1, 2025

3:00 - 5:00 pm ET

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This event, in honor of the 30th Anniversary of the BUSPH Center of Excellence in Maternal and Child Health Education, Science, and Practice, explored how we as a public health profession and broader society can more holistically advance the longstanding goal of health equity among birthing people and their families. Speakers reflected on recent advances, persistent challenges, and pointed to new directions for advancing equity in childrearing and family health in the United States.

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Speakers

Ndidiamaka Amutah-Onukagha

Julia A. Okoro Professor of Black Maternal Health, Tufts University School of Medicine

Nashira Baril

Executive Director & Founder, Boston’s Neighborhood Birth Center

Sharita Gruberg

Vice President for Economic Justice, National Partnership for Women & Families

Jeffrey Liebman

Director, Taubman Center for State & Local Government; Robert W. Scrivner Professor of Social Policy, Harvard Kennedy School

Viveka Prakash-Zawisza

Senior Medical Director, MassHealth

Jessica Ridge

Partnership Director, Up Together

Moderator

Lois McCloskey

Clinical Professor of Community Health Sciences, Boston University School of Public Health