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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 overall. With nearly half of maternal deaths happening within the first year postpartum, …

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

(4 days ago) WEBWhat drives Black maternal health inequities in the U.S. Statistics on Black maternal health in the United States underscore serious gaps in care. Black women are three to four times more likely to die from complications surrounding pregnancy and childbirth than white women. Death rates for infants born to Black Americans with …

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

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Why are Black maternal mortality rates so high? - Mayo Clinic Press

(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-related complications than white women. For Black women 25 and older, pregnancy-related mortality is about four times higher than it is for white women of similar ages, …

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

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Racial Disparities in Maternal and Infant Health: …

(6 days ago) WEBMaternal death rates increased during the COVID-19 pandemic and racial disparities widened for Black women.According to recent GAO analysis that examined maternal deaths during pregnancy …

https://www.kff.org/racial-equity-and-health-policy/issue-brief/racial-disparities-in-maternal-and-infant-health-current-status-and-efforts-to-address-them/

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Listen to the Whispers before They Become Screams: Addressing …

(3 days ago) WEB1. Introduction. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports that 50,000 women in the United States (U.S.) suffer from pregnancy complications annually, but that Black women are at least three times more likely to die due to a pregnancy-related cause when compared to White women [1,2].The estimated …

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9914526/

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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 poor health outcomes, especially for Black women. Three interventions that can help are niche therapies and sister circles, patient advocacy, and self-advocacy and ­cultural-sensitivity

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

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Homepage Center for Black Maternal Health and Reproductive …

(8 days ago) WEBThe Maternal Mortality Rate Dipped For Black Women. The Reason Is Complicated. After a sharp rise in the number of women dying in childbirth, new CDC data shows a return to pre-coronavirus levels. The Center for Black Maternal Health and Reproductive Justice is organized into six units: MOTHER Lab, Research Development, Maternal Health

https://blackmaternalhealth.tufts.edu/

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Confronting racism in Black maternal health care in the …

(Just Now) WEBBlack people are particularly prone to poor maternal-health outcomes owing to many factors, with systemic racism being a primary driver. Women of colour, in the United States are less likely to

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

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Racism in health: the roots of the US Black maternal mortality crisis

(Just Now) WEBThe Commonwealth Fund: Health and Health Care for Women of Reproductive Age US News and World Report: The U.S. Maternal Mortality Rate Surged by Nearly 20% in 2020

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-02540-6

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Strengthening Black Maternal Health MCHB

(7 days ago) WEBStrengthening maternal health is crucial for improving the lives of all mothers and babies. As we work to improve health outcomes for all, we want to make sure that health care gets to those who most need it. Research and data show that there are racial and ethnic disparities in death rates. Non-Hispanic Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander

https://mchb.hrsa.gov/programs-impact/focus-areas/maternal-health/black-maternal-health

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How Unconscious Bias in Health Care Puts Pregnant Black Women …

(2 days ago) WEBRoni Caryn Rabin interviewed dozens of pregnant women, new mothers, scientists, physicians and public health officials for a series of articles on maternal health. Dec. 12, 2023

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/12/health/pregnant-black-women-bias.html

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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 is cause for alarm among all American women, Black women are dying more than any other racial or ethnic group. 2 The widest disparity is seen when compared with white women, …

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

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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 discourses. Mounting research suggests that Black women bear a disproportionate burden of global maternal mortality and morbidity rates. These disparities in maternal health …

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

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A Proclamation on Black Maternal Health Week, 2024

(3 days ago) WEB2024. During Black Maternal Health Week, we recommit to ending the maternal health crisis that is taking the lives of far too many of our Nation’s mothers. Women in America are dying at a higher

https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/presidential-actions/2024/04/10/a-proclamation-on-black-maternal-health-week-2024/

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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 during pregnancy and childbirth and die from these complications compared with white women. 1–3 Additionally, infants born to Black women are two times more likely to be born …

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

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

(3 days ago) WEBRecommendations. Addressing inequities in Black maternal health requires the collection and dissemination of racially disaggregated data. In Canada, the term visible minority has been adopted in health research as a way of identifying “persons, other than Aboriginal peoples, who are non-Caucasian in race or non-white in color.” 28 …

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9735204/

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A Proclamation on Black Maternal Health Week, 2023

(3 days ago) WEBBlack Maternal Health Week is a reminder that so many families experience pain, neglect, and loss during what should be one of the most joyous times of their lives. Black women in America are

https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/presidential-actions/2023/04/10/a-proclamation-on-black-maternal-health-week-2023/

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

(3 days ago) WEBThe researchers found that maternal mortality rates were just as high among the highest-income Black women as among low-income white women. Infant mortality rates between the two groups were also

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

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Abortion bans exacerbate the Black maternal health crisis

(Just Now) WEBAbortion bans exacerbate the Black maternal health crisis. Abortion bans and the harms caused by Dobbs are especially egregious in light of this country’s ongoing maternal health crisis. Black women and birthing people have the highest rates of maternal mortality in the country, and are three times more likely to die in childbirth as compared to white women.

https://nationalpartnership.org/report/state-abortion-bans-threaten-black-women/

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About Black Maternal Health Black Maternal Health Caucus

(1 days ago) WEBCongresswomen Alma Adams and Lauren Underwood launched the Black Maternal Health Caucus to address one of the most urgent crises in the United States today: maternal mortality rates in America are the worst in the developed world, with 26.4 deaths per 100,000 live births. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention …

https://blackmaternalhealthcaucus-underwood.house.gov/about-black-maternal-health

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AHA blog: Tapping Community Partners to Codesign Black …

(9 days ago) WEBMay 16, 2024 - 03:57 PM. Health care organizations can create more inclusive, responsive and effective maternal health initiatives that address the unique challenges Black women encounter during pregnancy and childbirth by codesigning care with community partners, writes Aisha Syeda, MPH, senior program manager for AHA …

https://www.aha.org/news/headline/2024-05-16-aha-blog-tapping-community-partners-codesign-black-maternal-care

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Two Black Ob-Gyns on Getting the Maternity Care You Deserve

(1 days ago) WEBBervell: People in the community have known for years that, unfortunately, Black people experience disparities in healthcare at an increased rate. But the maternal health crisis became part of the lexicon in the late 20-teens. A high-profile Black woman, Dr. Shalon Irving, lost her life in the birthing process

https://www.oprahdaily.com/life/health/a60659114/black-ob-gyns-on-maternity-care/

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We need to talk about Black women’s health. Loudly.

(9 days ago) WEBWomen’s Health. Northwestern Feminist-in-Residence Kyrin Hobson has spent the academic year incubating an art project focused on Black maternal health and health equity. “From a Black Womb” builds on her previous work interviewing family members in Louisiana about midwifery and herbalism. Her Northwestern project began …

https://news.northwestern.edu/stories/2024/05/talking-about-the-reproductive-health-of-black-women/

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A Systematic Policy Review of Black Maternal Health-Related …

(3 days ago) WEBBackground. Non-Hispanic Black women have historically been underrepresented in both the United States legislature and in legislation, and thus their maternal health needs and priorities have not been properly addressed or prioritized ().Non-Hispanic Black women in the United States experience maternal mortality at a …

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8566737/

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Scourge of racism a reason for Black maternal morbidity Health …

(5 days ago) WEBAdditionally,Black women have “the highest severe maternal morbidity (SMM) rate” at more than two times that of non-Hispanic white women and “significantly higher than Asian and Hispanic

https://www.stlamerican.com/your_health_matters/health_news/scourge-of-racism-a-reason-for-black-maternal-morbidity/article_f0cc724a-15ca-11ef-a2c8-9794b988f57f.html

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Minority women unsatisfied with pregnancy care, sound alarm for …

(5 days ago) WEBAccording to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the maternal mortality rate in the United States stands at approximately 17.4 deaths per 100,000 live births. When broken down by

https://www.heraldtribune.com/story/news/healthcare/2024/05/20/minority-women-unsatisfied-with-pregnancy-care-sound-alarm-for-change/73632532007/

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Ethnic inequities in maternal health The BMJ

(1 days ago) WEBThe report on Black maternal health from the UK government’s women and equalities committee, published on 18 April 2023, 1 is yet another reminder of the slow progress in tackling serious ethnic inequities in UK maternal health. The risk of maternal death remains almost four times higher for Black women and two times higher for Asian …

https://www.bmj.com/content/381/bmj.p1040

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Health tech solutions offered to combat Black maternal mortality

(3 days ago) WEBBlack women founders offer health tech solutions to combat Black maternal mortality. Kimberly Seals Allers, founder of the Irth app, and Simmone Taitt, founder and CEO of Poppy Seed Health, on

https://www.statnews.com/2024/05/17/health-tech-solutions-black-maternal-mortality/

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57% of Black women ages 15-49 live with little to no abortion access

(5 days ago) WEBAccording to the report, 57% of Black women ages 15 to 49 (which the organizations consider reproductive age) live in states with bans or threats to abortion access, which have increased in the

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/57-percent-black-women-abortion-bans-restictions-rcna151972

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