Lawrence panel to discuss political determinants of maternal health
Area experts will discuss how to improve maternal health outcomes as a community during a panel Saturday, which is also International Women’s Day.
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Lawrence playwright invites hometown to join conversations on maternal health outcomes
During a series of rehearsals, staged readings and talkbacks, Timmia Hearn DeRoy invites everyone to participate in a community conversation about maternal health outcomes, using as a springboard her 10-act play, “On-Born Children and Ghosts.”
Kansas foster care providers and staff debate ways to reduce racism in system
In Kansas, disparities in treatment of Black children appear to start before birth. Black children are also consistently overrepresented in foster care.
Rose Conlon / Kansas News Service
Black and Indigenous Kansans are more likely to die from pregnancy
Black maternal mortality in Kansas now exceeds neighboring states, new research finds, and the state saw one of the greatest increases in mortality for Indigenous mothers.
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Docuseries, panel to explore health inequities in marginalized communities while asking, ‘Who Gets to Parent?’
A new documentary series highlighting a queer couple’s journey to expand their family while navigating a health care system laden with discrimination will soon be unveiled at KU.
Documentary screening, expert panel to focus on Black maternal health
Three Lawrence organizations are coming together to bring the community a screening of “Aftershock,” an award-winning documentary, followed by a panel discussion on issues of Black maternal health.
Carter Gaskins/Lawrence Times
Douglas County doula network strives to improve maternal and infant health in BIPOC community
Doulas help birthing individuals bring new life into the world. They’re also working to save lives here in Douglas County, where Black infants are twice as likely to be born prematurely or at low birth weight than white babies.
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