For some women, maintaining their own health can have its challenges, whether everyday things like putting family and career ahead of their own needs, or potential barriers to care related to socio-economic status. What kind of a multiplier effect has the pandemic had on those factors? Dr. Shontreal Cooper, a maternal-fetal medicine physician in UConn Health's Women's Center, shares her observations from the last two years, what she tells her patients, and a creative way she tries to break down barriers.

(Dr. Shontreal Cooper, Carolyn Pennington, Chris DeFrancesco, May 2022)

Dr. Shontreal Cooper

UConn Health Women's Center