When new or expectant mothers experience depression in the peripartum period, serious problems can manifest for those children down the line.
Category: Community Programs
Meet the doctor tackling harassment, abuse, inequity in sports
Yetsa Adebodunde Tuakli-Wosornu, who wouldn’t be the person she is today without sports, led the charge for a new and improved International Olympic Committee consensus statement on interpersonal violence and safeguarding in sports.
Biodesign cultivates community partnerships to broaden understanding of health equity
Biodesign program aims to ensure all trainees have a better understanding of health equity and appreciate the ways in which new technologies can widen or narrow the gaps in access to care.
Story Rounds inspires real talk by doctors about their toughest work
When physicians open up, good things happen — such as when Stanford Medicine’s Jay Shah shared his experience of finally processing the trauma that accompanies the job of a surgeon.
From farmworker to doctor: A bold dream is reuniting her with her Indigenous community
Gianna Nino-Tapias knows the challenges of migrant farmworkers better than most. Her mother continues to pick blueberries daily. She plans to use her medical degree to help integrate and advocate for better health care.
In the age of fentanyl, factual drug education can save teen lives
Toolkits designed by Stanford Medicine researchers are helping teens think critically about the choices they make around substance use these days, from tobacco to cannabis to pills that could contain fentanyl.
Seeking more equitable outcomes for his tribal heritage
For Christopher Lopez, currently a third-year medical student, the Stanford Medicine campus is more than just where he’s pursuing his MD-PhD degree -- it sits on the ancestral land of the Ohlone people.
What one youth mental health expert wants you to know about suicide
September is Suicide Prevention Month and mental health experts at Stanford Medicine have important information to share.
Community bonds help barbers improve health for Black men
A program that trains barbers to coach Black men about their health and wellness helps bridge health equity gaps by tapping into built-in community bonds.
Stanford community gathers resources in support of COVID-19 testing
Stanford researchers combed their own labs, tapped contacts and worked with outside companies to ensure the coronavirus testing efforts would continue.
All-black ambulance service inspired today’s EMS system
The Freedom House Ambulance Service helped establish the national training model for EMS programs, but abruptly shut down in 1975.
National anti-smoking campaign helps smokers with mental health conditions try to quit
An anti-smoking ad campaign featuring a woman with depression helps smokers with mental health conditions attempt to quit.