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The information health care providers share and how that information is presented affects the autonomy and decision-making of birthing women. [12] Proposed interventions to reduce racial disparities in maternal health outcomes target changes at individual, health care system, and health care policy levels. [1]
Legislation such as the Black Maternal Health Momnibus Act in 2021 aimed to address these systemic issues by proposing measures to improve data collection on maternal mortality, fund community-based maternal health programs, and increase access to mental health resources for Black mothers. [35]
Clayton and Byrd write that there have been two periods of health reform specifically addressing the correction of race-based health disparities. The first period (1865–1872) was linked to Freedmen's Bureau legislation and the second (1965–1975) was a part of the Civil Rights Movement. Both had dramatic and positive effects on black health ...
The 2022 MBRRACE-UK annual report concluded there was a more than three-fold difference in maternal mortality rates, with black women 3.7 times more likely to die than white women, equating to 34 ...
According to the CDC, in 2021, the maternal mortality rate for Black women was three times higher than that of white women. It is imperative to recognize that maternal mortality is impacted by ...
In 2003, in an effort to better track and understand maternal mortality in the US, the National Center for Health Statistics – part of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ...
Race and health refers to how being identified with a specific race influences health. Race is a complex concept that has changed across chronological eras and depends on both self-identification and social recognition. [1] In the study of race and health, scientists organize people in racial categories depending on different factors such as ...
Others pushed back against the weathering hypothesis because its application to racial disparities in maternal health seemed to contradict what advocacy groups had been saying about the negative consequences of teen pregnancy on young mothers. [10]