Oakland clinic wants to improve care for Black babies, families
Written by Black Hot Fire Network on February 3, 2024
Dr. Javay Ross, a pediatrician and co-founder of the BLOOM: Black Baby Equity Clinic, conducts a health screening on Christina Dozier, 2, of Oakland, as Dozier sits on her grandmother’s lap on Friday, Jan. 19, 2024, at UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital’s Claremont Clinic in Oakland, Calif. (Dai Sugano/Bay Area News Group)
As a Black mother, Hope Williams-Burt always felt as if she had to fight to get her doctors to listen to her. One health care worker even criticized the way she spoke, telling her that she needed to articulate better . . .
