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This week’s Health Justice newsletter looks at how changemakers are improving the quality and extent of care vulnerable communities receive. First, acclaimed midwife Jennie Joseph is helping advance the conversation on maternal healthcare from crisis to healing. Next, Jennie Joseph shares her perspective on the midwifery profession. Then, a documentary filmmaker realizes the humanity of the Ukrainian people amid the unfolding health and humanitarian crises of war. Finally, a discussion on the health disparities facing the AANHPI community and efforts to advance culturally competent care.
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“As a career midwife with more than 43 years of experience caring for expectant mothers, Jennie Joseph has become an authority on maternal health by championing healthy pregnancies, healthy deliveries, and healthy babies. Her deeply human-centered approach, putting the humanity of women and babies before profits has earned her international recognition.” Read more...
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“I think it’s detrimental that we have such a dearth of midwifery providers because that means that women are not being taken care of, that birthing people are inside of a system that is not conducive to their care.” Read more...
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“…I could feel myself torn between extremes, struggling to reconcile extraordinary strength and staggering vulnerability. I had traveled to Ukraine with the same fear that anyone would feel when looking at the news headlines, and with the frightening knowledge that at any moment I could be caught in the crossfire of violence.” Read more…
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“Research initiatives that fill knowledge gaps in our understanding of the diversity of the AANHPI community, and health initiatives that use this knowledge to enhance healthcare for the Asian American community is urgently needed.” Read more…
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