Hack4Equity: Health Equity for Georgia’s Black Mothers is an event for creative and curious problem solvers. Below are resources for hackers to provide context on the event’s themes.
Equity
Read about areas of systemic inequity and their roots within society. Learn more about equity and why it’s important for achieving health.
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.
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
Media Toolkit
To help you support the hackathon, we have assembled the Maternal Hack4Equity: Health Equity for Georgia’s Black Mothers toolkit.
The toolkit includes:
- Fact sheet
- Sample email
- Sample social posts
- Key messages
See the downloads section below to access these resources.
Downloads
Fact sheet
to share with your network – a one-page summary of the problem and how the hackathon may help move the needle.
View/download PDFSample email
to share with your network to help recruit hackathon participants and spread the word.
Download Word documentSample social posts
for use on your social channels (including visual assets) to drive recruitment and engagement; don’t forget to use #Hack4EquityGA.
Download zip fileKey messages
to help ground you in the story when having conversations about the hackathon.
Download Word documentWelcome letter
to introduce Hack4Equity Georgia and to help recruit others to the hackathon.
View/download PDFDownload Word document