First, Merle
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Disparities in care based on ethnicity, income, and immigration status, among other factors are considered as major contributors to the maternal healt
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h care crisis. Women of color, who are more likely to die in pregnancy and childbirth than white women, make up a disproportionate number of women who receive health care from publicly funded programs. Other barriers to maternal health care include language barriers, restricted appointment hours, and a shortage of facilities with adequately trained professionals (in both rural areas and inner cities).
This book resources for understanding black women’s birthing experiences in the United States, a country where black women’s lives—and the lives they create—are at much greater risk of death and injury than those of non-black women … By distilling the common and diverse threads from over 100 black women, the BWBJ researchers have woven a multi-faceted tapestry that reflects what black women view as important and central to optimal birth experiences
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