ArticleHealthcare (Basel, Switzerland)2023
Listen to the Whispers before They Become Screams: Addressing Black Maternal Morbidity and Mortality in the United States.
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- Glaring Gaps: a Research Agenda Focused on the Intersection of Black Maternal Health and Toxic Stress.Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities · 2026Article
- Understanding Black Women's Lived Experiences of Medical Mistrust and Trust in the Reproductive Care Setting: A Nested Sequential Explanatory Mixed Methods Study.Research square · 2026Article
- Historically informed quality improvement: applying historical insights from Black women's maternity care to contemporary health service redesign.International journal for quality in health care : journal of the International Society for Quality in Health Care · 2026Article
- Experiences of Racism and Risk of Preeclampsia in the Black Women's Health Study.Hypertension (Dallas, Tex. : 1979) · 2026Article
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- Listening to Unheard Voices: Addressing Systemic Racism to Improve Maternity Care for Black Women After Perinatal Loss.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2026Article
- Judge Me Not: Exploring Black Mothers' Perceptions of Maternal Health Care Services and Structural Racism in South Carolina.Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities · 2026Article
- Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes Among Women with Early Onset Cancer in the United States.Cancers · 2026Article
- Visualizing the Maternal Health Journey for Learning Health Systems: Mixed Methods Combined Experience Approach.Journal of participatory medicine · 2026Article
- Differences in hospital prenatal care between immigrant and native women in France: a qualitative study within the BiP research on racial implicit bias in perinatal care.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2026Article
- Optimizing obstetric life support training in rural healthcare settings in New England: protocol for a multisite prospective study.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2026Article
- A mixed-methods investigation of race, income, food insecurity and maternal and infant health.Public health nutrition · 2026Observational
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Abstract
Black women in the United States (U.S.) disproportionately experience adverse pregnancy outcomes, including maternal mortality, compared to women of other racial and ethnic groups. Historical legacies of institutionalized racism and bias in medicine compound this problem. The disproportionate impact of COVID-19 on communities of color may further worsen existing racial disparities in maternal morbidity and mortality. This paper discusses structural and social determinants of racial disparities with a focus on the Black maternal mortality crisis in the United States. We explore how structural racism contributes to a greater risk of adverse obstetric outcomes among Black women in the U.S. We also propose public health, healthcare systems, and community-engaged approaches to decrease racial disparities in maternal morbidity and mortality.
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