Background: US maternal and infant mortality rates constitute an important public health
problem, because these rates surpass those in developed countries and are characterized …

Introduction Women of color are at increased risk for poor birth outcomes, often driven by
upstream social determinants and socially structured systems. Given the increasing rate of …

Housing quality, stability, and affordability have a direct relationship to socioemotional and
physical health. Both city planning and public health have long recognized the role of …

Although the United States spends almost one-fifth of all its resources funding healthcare,
the American system continues to be dogged by persistent inequities in the treatment of …

Effective communication about science is a core skill undergraduates should learn, but little
research has explored how students communicate about culturally controversial science …

ABSTRACT Background The disparities that Black/African-American women experience in
health care are persistent and staggering. Findings from health outcomes research continue …

We used institutional ethnography to explore the social relations that shaped the
reproductive health care experiences of women with female genital cutting. Interviews with …

Importance Prior observational research has shown that infants born in states with more
abortion restrictions are more likely to die during infancy. It is unclear how recent and more …

Theatre has been a powerful means of eliciting social change. This paper describes
methods and outcomes of a theatre project to reduce healthcare inequities experienced by …

Purpose A Black infant dies every 13 hours in the state of Indiana. The overall infant
mortality rate in 2013 was 7.2 deaths per 1000 live births, but for Black infants, the rate was …