Racial Disparities in Maternal and Infant Health

Childbirth Is Deadlier for Black Families Even When They're Rich ...

“It suggests that the well-documented Black-white gap in infant and maternal health that's been discussed a lot in recent years is not just ...

Delaware's Black mothers continue to see health disparities - WHYY

In Delaware, a comprehensive review of maternal-child health cases from 2017 to 2021 revealed significant disparities. Despite accounting for 28 ...

Black Maternal Health Disparities - Working to Improve Equity

Black birthers also experience higher rates of early births, unsuccessful breastfeeding, and infant and neonatal deaths. They may be less likely ...

Eliminating Racial Disparities in Maternal and Infant Mortality A ...

Too often, policy conversations about maternal and infant health take place separately despite the interdependence of pregnancy and birth ...

Maternal & Infant Health - Race & Medicine

According to recent government data, Black infants in America are now more than twice as likely to die as white infants — a racial disparity that is wider than ...

Maternal Mortality Rates in the United States, 2021 - CDC

Rates for Black women were significantly higher than rates for White and Hispanic women. The increases from 2020 to 2021 for all race and ...

Racial Disparities in Maternal Health - YouTube

Comments · Racism and Bias in Medication Prescriptions and Scientific Studies · Full Episode | Maternal Health Disparities | ncIMPACT | PBS North ...

Linking Datasets to Address Racial Equity in Maternal and Child ...

Racial disparities in maternal and child health outcomes impact populations across the United States. Having robust data to understand these ...

NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES MATERNAL AND INFANT ...

Fifth, racial disparities in infant and maternal health are significantly wider than those by income, and there is essentially no convergence in outcomes ...

Infant and Maternal Health - Connecticut Health Foundation

There are significant racial and ethnic health disparities in pregnancy-related deaths. Black women are nearly three times as likely to die from pregnancy-.

Racial, ethnic disparities in maternal and infant health outcomes ...

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Wisconsin's racial disparities in maternal, infant mortality

Higher levels of deaths among Black infants and their mothers in Wisconsin are shaped by access to and implicit biases in the health care system.

Maternal and Infant Health: HHS Should Strengthen Processes for ...

... infant death, improve maternal health outcomes, and reduce racial and ethnic disparities. HHS funded 101 Healthy Start grantees—e.g., health ...

Charted: Maternal and infant health disparities across the US

Black and American Indian/Alaska Native people also had the highest maternal mortality rates among all racial and ethnic groups at 51.3 deaths ...

Maternal and infant care in 'crisis' in US, new report finds - ABC News

Racial disparities also exist when it comes to maternal health, with non-Hispanic Black women dying due to pregnancy-related complications ...

Addressing Racial Inequalities in Maternal and Infant Care

Prenatal and postnatal care are vital for the best health outcomes for parent and baby, but due to racism and implicit bias embedded in the ...

Examining racial disparities in maternal health | Wellmark Blue

Only 62 percent of Black mothers completed all recommended prenatal visits, compared to 71 percent of Hispanic mothers and 82 percent of white ...

Racial Disparities in Colorado Maternal Outcomes: A Call to Action

Starting with maternal deaths in 2017, the MMRC assessed whether discrimination—through implicit bias, structural racism, or interpersonal ...

How structural racism, neighborhood deprivation, and maternal ...

Decades of disparities in health between infants born to Black and White mothers have persisted in recent years, despite policy initiatives to improve maternal ...

Black Infant Health Program - City of Pasadena

Experts believe that social, economic and racial stresses play an important role in poor birth outcomes—babies born too early and too small—for ...