According to Ideastream庐, a black infant in one Ohio county is more than three times more likely than a white baby to die before his or her first birthday. As part of a continuing series, 鈥淶ip Code: the Hidden Vital Sign,鈥 Ideastream talks with 5X社区 Professor Angela Neal-Barnett about the relationship between racial stress in black women and ways to reduce the stress before it affects pregnancy.
Neal-Barnett is a professor in the Department of Psychological Sciences in Kent State鈥檚 College of Arts and Sciences.
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Learn more about Neal-Barnett鈥檚 research from WEWS.