Season 2 of "Color Code" has concluded but you can still find all the episodes on our site. Join @SciFleur as he investigates segregation and suburban health on Long Island. Episode one here: https://t.co/5Vik7uONbJ @PublicHealthy 🧵
Dr Martine Hackett, Assoc. Prof. & Chair of the Dept. of Population Health, spoke at a news conference yesterday with our US Sen. Gillibrand calling for legislation & nearly $180 million in federal funding to address the nation’s maternal mortality & maternal mental health crisis
Storytelling is a powerful tool for addressing public health problems because the many can understand the experiences of the few. Hearing Scott and Crystal's stories of their rare condition, CIDP taught me something new and connected deeply. Listen here: https://t.co/cMzZmnOjC4
Building a support system. Trusting your body. Getting an education with a rare disease. Thriving, not just surviving as a young Black disabled person. Anaya's MG journey is all that and more: https://t.co/Th5DEQHJpN
Thank you @Newsday for highlighting @HealthNYGov’s report on maternal mortality in NY. In 2018, Black women were 5x more likely to die of pregnancy-related causes. https://t.co/vDNMiaQaH8
Resegregation of the suburbs will shape the future of American civil rights.
It’s no coincidence that places like Ferguson and Brooklyn Center are producing civil rights conflict, and our cities are engines producing many similar communities https://t.co/JWbqtKjTa2
Two studies out on maternal health in the last 24 hours:
-The U.S. maternal mortality rate *rose* in 2019, and remains much higher among Black women
-Globally, pregnancy outcomes worsened during the pandemic, with upticks in maternal deaths and depression + stillbirths
Yes I can relate! Thank you @KristalZook for this wonderful piece and for lifting up the work that Black faculty and students are doing @HofstraU#BlackintheIvory
A new Suffolk task force will investigate why so many women, especially Black women, die from pregnancy and childbirth complications.
Long Island has a higher maternal mortality rate than the national average & Black women are 3x more likely to die
https://t.co/GF1wYLmoJM
Humbled and grateful tonight to be chosen as the honorary member in 2020 of Hofstra University's Delta Kappa Chapter of the Delta Omega honor society, a national public health honor society for leadership during the COVID-19 pandemic and Census 2020.