Mother's Day, doggy birthday party, telemedicine, more outside time {including making the backyard my most favorite spot}, more video calls, more carryout, science experiments, last month of 1st and 5th grade distance learning, and more Johnson kids making the best out of this crazy time.
Birthdays, Resurrection Sunday, more distance learning, more working {inside and outside of the hospital for Mommy}, a weird Spring Break, stopping to smell the roses, and more adjusting to our new normal.
Oh! And 10 years of marriage!
It’s #BlackMaternalHealthWeek and I know that today, more than ever, we are inundated with terrible statistics and bad news, but that doesn’t change the fact that we all have a part to play in ending health disparities for all.
One way to start is to get yourself educated on why, for Black women, having a baby in the United States is more deadly than in any other developed nation.
You don’t have to be on the front lines of the clinic or a full time researcher to make a difference.
You can become an ally. You can use your voice to educate others on how implicit bias and structural racism have contributed to this disparity for hundreds of years - impacting the health of generations. Don’t believe me? Just look at the disparities related to #Covid19.
This problem didn’t appear overnight, so it’s going to take persistent, intentional, and complex efforts to reverse it - just take a look at this poignant visual from a paper on the association between mass incarceration and preterm birth rates by Dr. Shawnita Sealy-Jefferson (@dr.shawnita). “Free”?! #MicDrop (I HIGHLY recommend you read her full manuscript, which can be easily found on her twitter page @Dr_S_Jefferson)
So, go follow a new account that is leading the charge (or two, or three) this week.
Trust me you can only be inspired by these change-makers:
That’s how it feels after spending 48hrs with @acog_org in DC preparing for and then speaking with our legislators and their teams about policies to improve women’s health, including:
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