Before Birth & Beyond

S2E3 Empowering Black and Brown Women to Share their Experiences of Care

EPISODE 3 SUMMARY: Recognize National Minority Health Month with NICHQ! This year’s theme is: Be the Source for Better Health: Improving Health Outcomes Through Our Cultures, Communities, and Connections. Tune in to our latest episode to hear from Kimberly Seals Allers, creator of the IRTH app who shares how IRTH works with communities and hospitals to improve health care quality for Black and brown women and birthing people.

Main Story: Empowering Black and Brown Women to Share their Experiences of Care

SEGMENT SUMMARY: In this episode of Before Birth & Beyond, we sit down with Kimberly Seals Allers, creator of the IRTH app, to discuss the importance of collecting and sharing data to transform the health system and mprove the experience of care for women and birthing people in Black and brown communities.

TAKE ACTION: Download the IRTH app – Apple | Google Play

RELATED LINKS:

• Learn more about the IRTH app
• Explore resources from IRTH

Why I Work in MCH
This month, we’re joined by Dana West, Ph.D., Associate Project Director of Equity, who shares how her upbringing and research in sexual and gender minorities led her to a focus on health equity and maternal and child health.

Learn more about Dana and the rest of NICHQ’s team at https://www.nichq.org/about/team.

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