Hear from our event attendees….

In what ways can you help inform others about the medical industry’s role in Black maternal health inequities?

  • “Empowering patients to use their voice at prenatal and postpartum periods to demand respectful and essential care.”

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  • “Spread awareness about prevalence and balance statistics with human stories.”

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  • "How do we, as future nurses, become part of the solution, not the problem, especially in tumultuous times?"

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  • "Slowing down—slowing down to have these difficult conversations, recognizing implicit bias, giving mothers time."

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  • "Asking questions, having difficult conversations, advocating, being open-minded about learning."

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  • "Integrate this into educating nursing students! Tell the stories! Humanizing the issue can help create a huge impact. This issue is a human issue and we often forget that."

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  • "As an educator at an HBCU, we can teach our students about health disparities. What, if anything, do you think we can do differently in preparing the future healthcare professionals that make a difference for Black and brown mothers?"

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  • “Something I learned about today was the financial incentive for c-sections based on the cost of performing one and the reimbursement rates. I can share this with others and stress the importance of valuing the desires of the patient.”

    — Attendee