Black Health
"All we knew was run to the fast food spots or run to get big bags of candy. It’s a bunch of garbage.”
Giving back is only the beginning.
The trend is driven by transplants from deceased donors, which tend to fare worse than living donor organs.
Research has found that low-income African-American mothers were some of the hardest-hit by the storm.
WHAT'S HAPPENING
For young women and black women, the death rates were twice as high.
Research has shown that more diverse medical schools foster civic engagement, exposure to different training approaches and cultural sensitivity. The benefits of more black doctors go even further.
"I feel like I appreciate and love myself a lot more than I used to."
The classes encourage "reconnecting to healthy eating as cultural identity."
