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National Women’s Health Month
Read more: National Women’s Health MonthPatient Safety Doesn’t End at Discharge: Why Awareness, Follow-Up, and Advocacy Matter More Than Ever By Joydrop Baby & Wellness Every year during National Women’s Health Month, we talk about prevention, screenings, nutrition, and access to care and all of those conversations matter. But there’s another conversation we urgently need to have: What happens after…
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The Silent Crisis: Why Your Heart is the Key to Maternal Justice
Read more: The Silent Crisis: Why Your Heart is the Key to Maternal JusticeBy: Trina M Cook Founder, Joydrop Baby & Wellness & The Sunflower Patient Experience™ As we close out Black Maternal Health Week (April 11–17), the conversation often centers on “awareness.” But awareness without advocacy is just noise. If we want to solve the maternal mortality crisis in Texas especially for Black and rural mothers we have to talk…
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Before Hospitals, There Were Midwives: The Women Who Delivered America One Baby at a Time.” Honoring the legacy of Mary Francis Hill Coley and Onnie Lee Logan during Women’s History Month.
Read more: Before Hospitals, There Were Midwives: The Women Who Delivered America One Baby at a Time.” Honoring the legacy of Mary Francis Hill Coley and Onnie Lee Logan during Women’s History Month.Imagine a quiet home in the early morning hours. A mother is in labor, surrounded by women who understand exactly what she is going through. The room is calm but focused. One experienced midwife moves with confidence, offering reassurance, checking on the mother, and guiding the birth with practiced hands. For generations across America, this…
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The Accountability Audit: Why Your Health is Not a “Business Expense
Read more: The Accountability Audit: Why Your Health is Not a “Business ExpenseIn our community, your zip code should not determine your life expectancy. But as a Victim Advocate and Systems Safety Architect, I see a different reality. We are currently facing a crisis where the “closets” of our healthcare systems and industrial sectors are filled with skeletons that only come to light when it’s too late.…
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Making History and Caring For Ourselves
Read more: Making History and Caring For OurselvesThis March, we find ourselves at a powerful intersection. It is Women’s History Month, a time to honor the trailblazers who came before us, but it is also Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month and National Kidney Month. As a healthcare advocate dedicated to maternal health and chronic disease prevention, I see these milestones not as separate calendar dates, but as…
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Black History Month: The Roots of Midwifery, the Truth About Its Erasure, and the Power of Doulas Today
Read more: Black History Month: The Roots of Midwifery, the Truth About Its Erasure, and the Power of Doulas TodayBy Nichelle M. Cook, Joydrop Baby & Wellness As we celebrate Black History Month, it is important to tell the full story of midwifery in America because the foundation of maternal care in this country was built on the knowledge, labor, and resilience of African and African American women. Long before hospitals, insurance companies, and medical boards…
