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Solving the Black Maternal Health Crisis - Johns Hopkins

(4 days ago) WEBPolicy Solutions . Sixty-five percent of Black birthing people in the U.S. rely on Medicaid—the joint state and federal health care program for low-income Americans—for pregnancy and postpartum care, compared to 42% of all U.S. mothers …

https://publichealth.jhu.edu/2023/solving-the-black-maternal-health-crisis

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Working Together to Reduce Black Maternal Mortality

(1 days ago) WEBWorking Together to Reduce Black Maternal Mortality. Print. April 8, 2024. Black Maternal Health Week is recognized each year from April 11-17 to bring attention and action in improving Black maternal …

https://www.cdc.gov/healthequity/features/maternal-mortality/index.html

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Why are Black maternal mortality rates so high?

(1 days ago) WEBMaternal mortality rates: Black vs. white in the U.S. Based on most recent estimates, non-Hispanic Black women are 2.6 times more likely to die from pregnancy …

https://mcpress.mayoclinic.org/pregnancy/black-maternal-mortality-rate/

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What drives Black maternal health inequities in the U.S.

(4 days ago) WEBThe United States is the only industrialized nation where Black maternal health is getting worse, said Donna Bryson, a U.S. national affairs editor for the Reuters …

https://www.ama-assn.org/delivering-care/population-care/what-drives-black-maternal-health-inequities-us

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The Black Maternal Mortality Crisis and Why It Remains …

(5 days ago) WEBThe U.S. has the worst maternal mortality rate of high-income countries globally, and the numbers have only grown. According to a new study published in JAMA, the Journal of the American Medical

https://www.npr.org/2023/07/05/1186019422/the-black-maternal-mortality-crisis-and-why-it-remains-an-issue

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Systemic racism, a key risk factor for maternal death …

(4 days ago) WEBResearchers at the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, and many others, have recently highlighted the current understanding of a national problem: Maternal illness and death. A …

https://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/news/2021/systemic-racism-key-risk-factor-maternal-death-and-illness

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America is Failing its Black Mothers Harvard Public …

(2 days ago) WEBAccording to the conventional wisdom at the time, Geronimus says, teen pregnancy was the primary driver of maternal and infant deaths and a host of multigenerational health and social problems among low-income …

https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/magazine/magazine_article/america-is-failing-its-black-mothers/

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Focusing on maternity and postpartum care for Black mothers …

(1 days ago) WEBPromising interventions. Research has shown that mental health care services are most effective when they are integrated into maternity services to reduce …

https://www.apa.org/monitor/2022/10/better-care-black-mothers

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Confronting racism in Black maternal health care in the …

(Just Now) WEBAccording to data from the Association of American Medical Colleges, as of July 2019, only 5% of US doctors identified as Black or African American. Data show that Black patients fare better …

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-022-04409-6

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Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Maternal Mortality in the United

(7 days ago) WEBObjectives. To better understand racial and ethnic disparities in US maternal mortality. Methods. We analyzed 2016–2017 vital statistics mortality data with …

https://ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/full/10.2105/AJPH.2021.306375

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Racial Disparities in Maternal Health U.S. Commission on Civil …

(9 days ago) WEBSeptember 15, 2021. This report examines the federal role in addressing racial disparities in maternal health, including negative pregnancy-related health …

https://www.usccr.gov/reports/2021/racial-disparities-maternal-health

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Health in colour: black women, racism, and maternal health

(2 days ago) WEBThe COVID-19 pandemic, in addition to the racial reckoning that took place in the summer of 2020, has placed racial disparities at the forefront of contemporary …

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanam/article/PIIS2667-193X(22)00225-3/fulltext

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Structural Racism and Maternal Health Among Black Women

(2 days ago) WEBThe United States has the highest maternal mortality rate among comparable countries in the developed world. 1 While the overall rate of 17.4 per 100,000 live births …

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1073110520958875

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Childbirth Is Deadlier for Black Families Even When They’re Rich

(3 days ago) WEBThis finding suggests that the American medical system has the ability to save many of the lives of babies with early health risks, but that those benefits can be …

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2023/02/12/upshot/child-maternal-mortality-rich-poor.html

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Clinicians' Perspectives on Racism and Black Women's Maternal …

(3 days ago) WEBIntroduction. Inequities in adverse maternal and child health outcomes persist in the United States. Black women are three to four times more likely to experience complications …

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9148644/

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FACTSHEET: BLACK MATERNAL MENTAL HEALTH

(8 days ago) WEBthe U.S.2 Maternal mental health problems are considered a major global public health challenge;2 worldwide, about 10% of pregnant women and 13% of women who have …

https://blackmamasmatter.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Factsheet-Black-Maternal-Mental-Health.pdf

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Why Black women are less likely to survive pregnancy, and what's …

(3 days ago) WEBIt's the same week three members of Congress introduced legislation called the Black Maternal Health Momnibus Act of 2021 aimed at reducing ethnic and racial …

https://www.heart.org/en/news/2021/02/10/why-black-women-are-less-likely-to-survive-pregnancy-and-whats-being-done-about-it

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Black Maternal Mortality-The Elephant in the Room - PMC

(3 days ago) WEBMaternal mortality is a growing problem in the United States. Black maternal mortality is 4x higher and is a public health crisis. It is a problem for Black American women and …

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7384760/

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Black Women's Maternal Health - National Partnership for Women …

(8 days ago) WEBAnd while Black women have among the highest labor-force participation rate of all women (62.0 percent in 2022, compared to 58.1 percent for women overall), Black women …

https://nationalpartnership.org/report/black-womens-maternal-health/

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Our Black maternal health crisis is an American tragedy

(1 days ago) WEBInequity’s toll for Black Americans: 74,000 more deaths a year. Implementing the provisions of the MOMMA Act is just a start. The crisis in maternal …

https://www.ama-assn.org/about/leadership/our-black-maternal-health-crisis-american-tragedy

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Black Maternal Health: Amplify the Conversation and Act

(8 days ago) WEBWe all need to elevate and amplify the national conversation to raise awareness, spur action, and take steps to address Black maternal health. We know …

https://orwh.od.nih.gov/about/director/messages/black-maternal-health-amplify-conversation-and-act

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