In this study, we describe attitudes about a proposed Black group prenatal care in a single focus group of 11 Black women who receive maternal health services from Black Infant Health (BIH, a state and federal funded state-wide program for Black pregnant people with the goal to improve infant...
Transgender individuals experience limited access to healthcare. This results not least from experiences of discrimination to which they are exposed in the health system. These contribute to transgender individuals having poorer health than cis individua
The basic science of health disparities must move forward in a coordinated fashion by structuring research that is an integrated effort between basic sciences, clinical medicine and include all traditionally underserved communities. Only through these collaborations can we hope to eliminate health ...
Inequality in iron sulfate supplementation among pregnant women in Southern Brazil. Rev Bras Epidemiol. 2017;20(4):650–60. Article PubMed Google Scholar Noah AJ, Yang TC, Wang WL. The black-white disparity in sexually transmitted diseases during pregnancy: how do racial segregation and income...
perinatal BIPOC women racial trauma racial discrimination perinatal mental health anti-Black bias 1. Introduction The United States is facing a worsening maternal crisis with the most drastic disparities among the Black and Indigenous populations [1,2], and racial discrimination is one of the main fa...
Therefore, we wrote into the protocol that there must be 40% Black women, 20% Asian women and so on, included in the study. Diversity in trials needs to be an imperative. Foster innovation that specifically addresses disparities. JS: I think it’s incumbent upon us to take advantage of ...
While the healthcare industry can and should combat disparities in maternal health by acting on all three levels above,continued federal supportopens in a new tab or windowis critical. Financial support for state and local implementation of evidence-based services is necessary to spread effective, ...
clinical scales of depression measuring symptoms that occur more frequently among women21. Another source of undesirable bias is the misrepresentation of the target population, leaving minorities out. An example of this is the case of the insufficient representation of pregnant women in psychiatric ...
mortality and morbidity in all patients, with the largest improvement in outcomes in women of color. UnitedHealthcare’s decision to support a statewide simulation effort means that we can improve care for all pregnancies across the state of Tennessee and decrease dispar...
Moreover, mortality rates are significantly higher for Black women and American Indian and Alaska Native American women than the rest of the population. Improving maternal health outcomes and eliminating disparities are ongoing priorities for the Department of Health and Human Services, reinfor...