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Black Lives Matter NH Maternal Health Conference Brings Disparities Into Focus – New Hampshire Public Radio

Read article – Daisy Goodman, an associate professor of obstetrics and gynecology and  community and family medicine, is featured in an article about improving maternal health in New Hampshire and addressing racial disparities in pregnancy related deaths across the U.S. “From the perspective of racial disparity, the access to care and who gets prescribed medications and who has a follow-up visit heavily shows that Black women get about half as much care for postpartum depression as white women,” Goodman said. “Which is terrible because mental health conditions are now a leading cause of maternal mortality in this country.”

Column: Could the Upper Valley Respond Again as It Did in Haiti? – Valley News

Read article – Jim Geiling, a professor of medicine, writes an opinion piece about how Dartmouth, Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, and the surrounding Upper Valley community mobilized in the aftermath of Haiti’s earthquake 15 years ago. “The Haiti earthquake response stands as a powerful reminder of what’s possible when people come together,” Geiling writes.

Mobility Issues? Here Are the Easiest Cars to Get in and Out of – AARP

Read article – Stuart Lewis, an associate professor of medicine, is quoted in an article about the best cars for people with limited mobility. “The less you have to move out of your usual plan of movement, the less you have to bend down or step up, the easier it’s going to be (to enter/exit a vehicle), because both of those things are or can become challenges,” Lewis said.