Birth Equity

GetWell Docent

Maternal Health, Investing in Innovation

GetWell Docent pairs pregnant people with navigators that help remotely coordinate prenatal and postpartum services, which too often falls through fragmented cracks in the Medi-Cal system.

Improving the Health of Black Women in California

October 2, 2020

Claudia Boyd-Barrett

Behavioral Health, Health Equity, Maternal Health

An interview with Sonya Young Aadam, CEO of California Black Women's Health Project.

Researchers Seek Reproductive Justice for Black Women

September 25, 2020

Maternal Health

An innovative approach to improving the birthing experience for Black people shifts reform efforts from patients to health care providers.

Innovation Landscape: Maternity Care in Medi-Cal

Investing in Innovation, Maternal Health

This paper examines the opportunities for technology-enabled innovations to improve the value and quality of the maternity care that Medi-Cal delivers.

Efforts to Reduce Black Maternal Mortality Complicated by COVID-19

Xenia Shih Bion

Maternal Health, Health Equity

Stories That Caught Our Attention: How can we support Black mothers and birthing people during a pandemic that is amplifying health disparities?

2019 Edition — Health Disparities by Race and Ethnicity

California is the most racially diverse state in the country, and addressing health disparities experienced by people of color is critically important. This Almanac report shows that people of color face barriers to accessing health care, often receive suboptimal treatment, and are most likely to experience poor outcomes in the health care system.

Learning Lessons on a Journey Toward Health Equity

August 23, 2019

Sandra R. Hernández

Health care leaders need to be able to engage a diversity of perspectives in healthy and respectful dialogue in order to achieve meaningful progress.

Lifting Up Solutions that Support Black Mothers

Xenia Shih Bion

Maternal Health, Health Equity

Stories That Caught Our Attention This Week: Amid all the excellent media coverage of the US maternal mortality crisis, something has been missing. "Too much reporting on Black maternal health has been doom and gloom," says one California nursing professor.