By Lizeth Vela and Samantha Rosengard, Urban Health Media Project “Cuídate, cuídate, por favor, abuelita; yo puedo ayudarle,” Alicia Cole told the elderly woman in the hospital bed next to her. “Be careful, please, grandma; I can help you.” Cole was in a California hospital recovering from surgical complications and the woman sharing her...
Category: Patient safety
Cycle of Poverty Hard to Break Across Generations of Families
Dr. Georges Benjamin, executive director of the American Public Health Association, is shown being interviewed by UHMP intern and New York University freshman Sierra Lewter. (Photos: By Antonio Hardy)After growing up in foster care, Chanel Feyh, 41, had built an amazing life in New York City. An apartment and her own business. Then she...