Black Maternal Health Resources

Black Maternal Health refers to the health and well being of Black women during pregnancy, childbirth, and the post partum period, with a focus on addressing the significant disparities in maternal health outcomes experienced by this population.  Increased Morbidity higher risk of pregnancy related complications and conditions that can lead to long term health issues or death. Limited Access to Quality Care, Pre-exisitng health conditions, Social determinates of health, and systemic discrimination and racism. - National Library of Medicine.

Dr. Ijeoma Kola, Ph.D., Assistant Professor - Department of History

Education: Sociomedical Sciences (History and Ethics of Public Health), Columbia University; AB, History and Science, Harvard University. Dr. Kola is a medical historian specializing in the intersection of race and medicine during the 20th and 21st centuries. Her research focuses on the medical and social construction of disease in Black bodies and health social movements within Black communities.