To use a community-centered approach to create solutions that improve Black maternal, paternal, and infant health in Kansas through training, research, healthcare, and advocacy.
Every Black mom, dad, and infant receives quality and intentional prenatal, neonatal, and postpartum care in the state of Kansas.
This course will cover and uncover implicit and explicit bias in maternal health. Through this curriculum, you will gain an understanding of the various factors that contribute to Black maternal and infant health and the mechanisms that aid in obtaining equity.
Learners from across disciplines, professions, organizations, and communities will be challenged to think critically about birth equity, bias, and how to move from denial to awareness of Black safe spaces, Black-led community initiatives, advocacy, Black birth workers, and actions to dismantle institutional and systemic racism.
The achievement of this understanding will come from Black women and their birth stories, public health field experts, community advocates, and current health data.