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Approximately 1 in 6 Black infants were born in maternity care deserts and 1 in 4 Native American babies were born in maternity care deserts. [1] Women who identify as American Indian or Alaska Native (AIAN) form 2.2% of the population of women in the U.S., [10] and around 13% of them gave birth in maternity care deserts.
The closures have worsened so-called “maternity care deserts” — counties, mostly rural, with no hospitals or birth centers and no OB providers. More than two million women of childbearing ...
In maternity care deserts, the rates of pre-pregnancy hypertension was 1.3 times higher than counties with full access to care, according to the report. Leveraging telehealth services, improving ...
A March of Dimes report published Tuesday found that over a third of U.S. counties (35.1%) are what the group calls “maternity care deserts,” meaning they don't have a single doctor, nurse ...
Nearly 7 million American women of childbearing age are living in areas with no or limited maternity care access, per the report, and more than 146,000 infants were born in maternity care deserts ...
"Maternal care deserts" are an important factor when it comes to access to prenatal and postnatal care. A maternal care desert is defined as a county with no hospital offering obstetric care and no OB/GYN or certified nurse midwife providers. [44] Around 15 million women live in these maternity care deserts, with many of these women being ...
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In this year's report, the nonprofit found a 2% increase in the number of counties that are considered maternity care deserts, compared with a study completed in 2020. “That’s [an additional ...