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New report finds more than 70 percent of pregnancy-related deaths were preventable
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New report finds more than 70 percent of pregnancy-related deaths were preventable

Last week the Ohio Department of Health released the latest report on maternal mortality in Ohio, A Report on Pregnancy-Related Deaths in Ohio 2017-2018. There is a lot to unpack in the report and we’ll spend more time with the details in the coming weeks. However, we identified some key data points that should be...

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Weathering ages and harms people of color

Activists like Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. worked tirelessly to ensure marginalized individuals obtain civil rights but are often gone too soon to realize the impact they have made in society. Dr. King was assassinated at 39 years old, but when pathologists completed his autopsy, they reported that his heart looked like one of a...

Community Based Policing Approach to Bias Backed by Lakewood Community Health Needs Assessment Results
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Community Based Policing Approach to Bias Backed by Lakewood Community Health Needs Assessment Results

By John R. Corlett, President and Executive Director Alex Dorman, Research Fellow City of Lakewood Mayor Megan George announced in May that Lakewood would be implementing the Safe Place Initiative. It’s a community-based approach to safety and policing developed first by the Seattle Police Department in 2015 that seeks to assist victims of hate crimes,...

Reclaiming our heritage: How Juneteenth sparked a return to our roots
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Reclaiming our heritage: How Juneteenth sparked a return to our roots

By: Natasha Takyi-Micah, Public Policy & External Affairs Associate and Kyle Thompson, Policy Assistant Connecting with my family in America: Kyle Thompson In my day-to-day work, I spend a large amount of time researching and understanding disparities that impact Ohioans through research, advocacy, and writing. Working with colleagues to address maternal mortality, behavioral health, or...

Origins of self-care and why activists and advocates need to practice it
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Origins of self-care and why activists and advocates need to practice it

We live in a highly stressed society in the United States. According to a survey conducted by The Harris Poll, adults mainly cited violence and crime (75 percent), inflation (83 percent) and the political climate (66 percent) as major sources of stress. Another significant source of stress is the current racial climate (62 percent).  This...

Racism in Medical Journals: An Interview with Dr. Faye Gary
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Racism in Medical Journals: An Interview with Dr. Faye Gary

My colleague, Taneisha Fair, recently opened a conversation on racism in medical journals. As a follow-up, I spoke with an expert in publishing on psychiatric nursing and vulnerable populations. Dr. Faye Gary, an expert in psychiatric nursing, has built her career on advocating for vulnerable populations, including Black women. As a Black woman herself, she...