New Parents Put Infants’ Health First, While Their Own Suffers
Rural Parents Had More Emergency Visits and Insurance Loss Than Urban Peers, an LDI Study Shows. Integrated Baby Visits Could Help All Parents Be Healthier
Chris Tachibana, PhD, MS
Chris Tachibana is a Staff Writer for Penn LDI. She is also Senior Managing Editor of the journal Health Services Research, and a scientific editor for Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute. Before moving to a career in scientific writing and editing, she was a research scientist and undergraduate instructor at the University of Washington and Penn State University. She also taught at Salt Lake Community College. She holds a BA from Whitman College, an MS from Cornell University, and a PhD from the University of Oregon.
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