unnatural causes... is inequality making us sick?

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Thursday, February 25 at 12 - 1:30 p.m.

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When the Bough Breaks

The film asks the question, why do African American women at every socioeconomic level have higher rates of pre-term birth and infant mortality than white women who have not finished high school or Black women who immigrated here from other countries?

This episode illustrates how a lifetime of exposures to racism can literally get inside the body and affect the health of our newborns. Following the screening and discussion, Black Infant Health will provide an overview of their program and new expanded eligibility criteria.

Unnatural Causes Documentary:

UNNATURAL CAUSES explores how population health is shaped by the social and economic conditions in which we are born, live and work. Through portraits of individuals and families across the United States, the series reveals the root causes and extent of our alarming health inequities and searches for solutions. Along the way it confronts the inadequacy of conventional explanations like genetics, individual behaviors or even access to quality health care.

For more information or questions, please contact Vanessa.Bolton@phd.sccgov.org.