Practical Playbook III

Jennifer Tang, UNC School of Medicine What I love about this book is that it is so practical and collaborative. It recognizes that any solution to our maternal health crisis needs to understand its history and include the voices and communities most affected by it.

Shameka Poetry Thomas, The Ohio State University College of Medicine In the United States, the truth is we know that maternal health is in a state of emergency. Now more than ever, we need genuine resources, such as this book that can serve as gameplans for reproductive justice. If we fail to read and cite books like this with grace and intention, then we will continue to run the risk of failing the next generation of humanity.

Stella Safo, Founder and CEO, Just Equity for Health This Playbook delivers a vital message: the maternal health crisis in the United States is one that requires innovative and decisive action, now. Rather than focus on simply identifying and characterizing the issue, the Playbook moves to a place of providing health equity-grounded solutions and guidance from multiple perspectives and experts. This book is much needed at this time and, if used as intended, could help us right the horrific reality that is the current maternal health crisis in America.

Dorothy Cilenti is a Clinical Professor in the Department of Maternal and Child Health at the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health. Alisahah Jackson is CEO of Why Health Matters. Natalie D. Hernandez is an Associate Professor in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Morehouse School of Medicine. Lindsey Yates is a Postdoctoral Trainee in the Center of Excellence in the Department of Maternal and Child Health at the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health. Sarah Verbiest is a Clinical Professor at the UNC School of Social Work. J. Lloyd Michener is Professor Emeritus of Community and Family Medicine at the Duke University School of Medicine. Brian C. Castrucci is CEO of the de Beaumont Foundation.