STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Curtis High School nursing students shed light on a crisis in Black maternal and infant health recently by presenting research findings, the culmination of a months-long project, to members of the Lambda Chapter of the Kappa Mu Sorority at a gallery-style event at the Staten Island Museum, Livingston.
The major research initiative was a partnership between the school’s nursing department and the Staten Island chapter of the sorority, which issued a national call to action after federal research confirmed a disparity between the maternal and infant mortality rates of Black and white patients.