Infant Mortality

Is Racism at the Root of Health Disparities?

Structural racism is the biased societal approach to housing, education, employment, healthcare, and criminal justice. As scientists study racial health disparities in depth, a picture begins to emerge that there are bigger, stronger, and more insidious forces at play than economics alone. The psychological stress generated by unfair treatment may trigger a biological series of events that lead to worsened health outcomes in the long term.

Niran Al-Agba2020-05-31T00:27:44+00:00August 25, 2019|Categories: Equality, Patient, Policy|Tags: Black Lives Matter, Health Disparities, Infant Mortality, Maternal Mortality, Racism, Structural Racism, Syphilis, Tuskegee|

When Profit Trumps Our Most Vulnerable: The push to deliver preemies in community hospitals

Every child deserves the best possible start in life, and the statistics show that specialist neonatologists practicing at high-volume NICUs are in the best position to provide it. Just because smaller community hospitals that have invested in state-of-the-art equipment can, technically, deliver preemies, doesn’t mean they should.

Niran Al-Agba2020-05-30T23:41:10+00:00June 20, 2018|Categories: Equality, Patient|Tags: Child Safety, Corporatization, Hospital Consolidation, Infant Mortality, Mid-level Care, Nonphysicians, Patient Safety, Rural Care, Transparency|