In this recently published article, Dalvery Blackwell, Executive Director of UWPRC community partner African American Breastfeeding Network (AABN), and her colleague introduce the term spatialized intersectionality to connote interlocking, geographically embedded forms of social identity marginalization. …
Published work
WMJ March Issue: The Impact of Race and Racism on Health
The March 2021 issue of the Wisconsin Medical Journal (WMJ) focuses on the impact of race and racism on the health of Wisconsinites. From the WMJ: This special issue of the WMJ focusing on how the …
Barriers to Self-Disclosing Level of Maternal Care: What Are Wisconsin Hospitals Worried About?
In this Wisconsin Medical Journal paper, UWPRC Deputy Director, Katie Gillespie, and colleagues, share the results and implications of an anonymous survey about levels of maternal care (LOMC) sent to 98 birthing centers in Wisconsin. Birthing …
New infant mortality study by UWPRC director
According to a new Pediatrics study by UWPRC director Dr. Deborah Ehrenthal and her colleagues Hsiang-Hui Daphne Kuo and Russell S. Kirby, higher infant mortality rates in rural US counties are best explained by their greater …