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Proposed interventions to reduce racial disparities in maternal health outcomes target changes at individual, health care system, and health care policy levels. [1] Some states are utilizing federal block grant money for initiatives targeting reductions in maternal morbidity and mortality for Black and Hispanic women. [13]
According to "Epidemiology of racial/ethnic disparities in severe maternal morbidity and mortality," screenings are a large component of prevention for severe maternal morbidity which directly correlates to the increase in black mortality during pregnancy as well as access to resources (Holdt, 2017).
Maternal health policies rarely measure racial differences in outcomes, said Patricia Da Silva, program adviser for UNFPA's Initiative for People of African Descent.
The US maternal mortality rate fell from 32.9 maternal deaths per 100,000 live births in 2021 to 22.3 per 100,000 in 2022, according to the report, published Thursday by the CDC’s National ...
The role of racism in the “appalling” disparity in maternal deaths may have been underestimated by the Government and NHS, MPs have warned.. A target is needed for eliminating the disparity ...
Overall, racial health disparities appear to be rooted in social disadvantages associated with race such as implicit stereotyping and average differences in socioeconomic status. [ 7 ] [ 8 ] [ 9 ] Health disparities are defined as "preventable differences in the burden of disease, injury, violence, or opportunities to achieve optimal health ...
Maternal death rates are on the rise in the U.S., spiking significantly in 2021. Black women in particular are nearly three times more likely to die from a pregnancy-related cause than white women.
These issues are exacerbating the observed maternal and infant morbidity and mortality disparity between minority mothers and White mothers in the United States. Another factor contributing to the increased maternal and infant morbidity and mortality rates in African American and minority women is the difference in delivery hospital quality ...