Recording Available: Promoting Maternal Health Equity

A recording of CHET's April 19, 2021 National Minority Health Month event, "Promoting Maternal Health Equity: A Panel Discussion" is available below. We are grateful to our panelists, moderator, and those who attended and engaged with us. 

Health equity research aims to eliminate inequities in health by ensuring everyone has a fair and just opportunity to attain their optimal level of health. Inequities in health exist across all dimensions of society including wealth attainment, housing, mass incarceration, education, health, and result in higher rates of illness, disease, and premature death. Health inequities, describing disparities that are unfair and reflect injustice, often include maldistribution of the opportunities and resources necessary to attain optimal health. April is National Minority Health Month, which is an opportunity to illuminate health inequities, and innovative health equity research efforts to eliminate gaps in health. This webinar featured three researchers at the University of Kentucky working to eliminate maternal health disparities in the commonwealth.