Hack4Equity Resources

Equity

Read about areas of systemic inequity and their roots within society. Learn more about equity and why it’s important for achieving health.

• Willingness of African American Women to Participate in e-Health/m-Health Research
• Addressing Equity in Telemedicine for Chronic Disease Management During the Covid-19 Pandemic
• The Sojourner Syndrome: Race, Class, and Gender in Health and Illness

Georgia

Expand your understanding of the Georgia context! Want to learn more about the Peach State? Here are some links to better understand legislation and priorities for Georgians.

• Healthy Mothers Healthy Babies Coalition of Georgia
• Healthy Mothers Healthy Babies Annual Conference
• March of Dimes work in Georgia
• Atlanta Chamber of Commerce
• Georgia Department of Public Health
• Healthy Mothers Healthy Babies Annual Conference
• The Center for Reproductive Health Research (RISE) at Emory
• Morehouse Center for Maternal Health Equity
• Mercer’s Center for Rural Health and Health Disparities

Maternal Health

Learn about maternal health and the negative implications of the maternal mortality crisis in the United States and why Black women are particularly impacted.

• To Prevent Women from Dying in Childbirth, First Stop Blaming Them
• Toward a Multidimensional Measure of Pregnancy Intentions: Evidence from the United States
• Challenging unintended pregnancy as an indicator of reproductive autonomy
• Global Maternal Health Congressional Briefing Series
• Maternal Mortality in America and the Crisis for Rural Women

Digital Divide

What are existing digital divides? Find out here.

• How to Close the Digital Divide in the U.S.
• America’s Digital Divide
• Technology is not a luxury; it’s now an education necessity
• https://academic.oup.com/jamia/advance-article/doi/10.1093/jamia/ocab103/6307886
• https://education.microsoft.com/en-us/course/dc67745d/overview
• https://www.unitedwaygmwc.org/Techquity

Public data sets are available here.

• OASIS
• The Georgia Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS)

Hackathon Resources

Want to learn more about hackathons and perfecting your pitch?

• Prepare for the hackathon pitch by checking out this Guide to Winning Hackathon Pitches
• While you can develop a working prototype demo with code, you can also create a rapid prototype with minimal to no coding.
  • Video on why we prototype for health, Video on Paper Prototyping, Video on Digital Prototyping
  • Tools to consider for your prototyping demo: Microsoft PowerApps, Microsoft Powerpoint, Figma, Balsamiq

Do you think anything is missing? Email us suggested resources and we’ll share with your fellow hackers!

Looking forward to hacking with you, #hack4equityGA