Monthly update: MEND study published, CDPH report, and job openings. 📃

October 2023

Dometic Violence Awareness Month | National Breast Cancer Awareness Month

| National Hispanic Heritage Month (Sep 15 - Oct 15)

Happy National Hispanic Heritage Month!

To celebrate the Hispanic and Latine communities and the rich cross-cultural connections centered on birth justice, we'd like to highlight Semilla Sagrada, a program of SisterWeb San Francisco Community Doula Network (SisterWeb).

Semilla Sagrada is a direct service program created by Latine doulas of different nationalities to support Latine families and birthworkers in San Francisco.

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PTBI-funded research published in Health Equity journal

The MEND study's paper on stakeholder-identified challenges and recommendations for clinician anti-bias training was recently published in Health Equity. Sarah Garrett is the principal investigator of this study and plans to publish a hospital-facing guide and a policy report to accompany the scholarly paper.

Read the paper

Align Black Birth Justice Efforts Across California

The California Black Birth Justice Agenda is a tool and a call to action for everyone to engage in the strategic advancement of birth justice for Black Californians. It was a collaborative effort between a number of partners over a 12-month period.

Please read this agenda, share it with your network, and consider what actions you can take to support this effort.

Download the agenda

Centering Black Mothers in California: Insights into Racism Health and Well-being for Black Women and Infants

The California Department of Public Health and the UCSF Center for Health Equity published cutting-edge evidence based on statewide birthing population data.

The report provides a groundbreaking amount of context as the first report of its kind to center Black birthing people and racism as a root cause of inequitable birth outcomes.

It contains an extensive reference list and the most current data on birthing disparities in California. It integrates storytelling through quotes alongside data to support the research.

Read the report

Fellowship Spotlight:

Kayla Karvonen, MD, MAS

Kayla will graduate from the PTBI two-year post-doctoral fellowship program in 2024. As a neonatology fellow, her research investigates racism as a root cause and racial disparities in health outcomes among preterm infants.

The fellowship is focused on reducing disparities in preterm birth and improving maternal and neonatal outcomes. Fellows have the opportunity to work with world-class researchers and mentors, develop ideas and partnerships within a collaborative network, and formally build additional research skills.

Learn more about Kayla

Events

Toward Algorithmic Justice in Precision Medicine

Tuesday, November 7, 2023

9 a.m. - 5 p.m.

UCSF Mission Bay Campus Byers Auditorium

600 16th Street

San Francisco, CA 94158

or Virtual

A workshop for community members, healthcare experts, biomedical researchers, and artificial intelligence (AI) developers to address the challenges in using technology and data in healthcare. The keynote speaker is Alondra Nelson.

The workshop will cover how to do the following:

1) Advance toward transparency and explainability in healthcare algorithms and their use

2) Engage patients and communities in all phases of healthcare algorithm lifecycle and earn trustworthiness

3) Ensure accountability, equity, and justice in outcomes from healthcare algorithms

Alondra Nelson

Harold F. Linder Professor at the Institute for Advanced Study, former acting director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy

Pop-Up Village

Saturday, October 14, 2023

1 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.

100% College Prep Institute

1201 Mendell Street

San Francisco, CA 94124

Welcoming families, pregnant people and all interested to celebrate in community, engage in self-care, get valuable resources and services, and much more.

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Job Postings

PTBi is hiring a Social Media Video Producer and Social Media Manager

PTBi seeks a Social Media Video Producer and Social Media Manager with a love of social, a passion for video, and a deep well of creativity to help us coordinate and manage our social media channels.

That means coming up with concepts, shooting video and still content, editing videos, retouching photos, mixing sound, and building out production- and go-live-ready content. It also means scheduling, posting, monitoring analytics, and logistical coordination with our talent. This role will require someone who is able to generate a lot of ideas and also produce a moderate to high volume of content.

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The Irth App is Hiring Community Engagement Coordinators

The Irth App is hiring four Community Engagement Coordinators in the Bay Area, Sacramento, Los Angeles, and New Jersey.

This role is part-time and virtual. The responsibilities would include overseeing recruitment, administrative operations and management of the local Irth Ambassador Program cohort. The Irth Ambassador Program is an innovative model to activate doulas and other birth workers as trusted advocates to help capture Irth reviews while providing wrap-around support and benefits.

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