Unequal Origins: Pregnancy, Poverty and Child Health

Harvard FAS

The US has worse pregnancy and child outcomes than any other high-income country in the world. Is this because we spend less providing direct income support to families than other high-income countries? This seminar will discuss the intersection between maternal and child health outcomes and poverty in the United States through a medical, economic, political, and historical lens. Assignments will ask students to become familiar with and attempt to navigate available supports for pregnant…