Commonwealth Fund December 3, 2021
The U.S. maternal health crisis has been well documented. Black Americans are three times as likely as white Americans to die from pregnancy-related causes.
Why do these disparities persist? And what would it take to dismantle structural racism in reproductive health care?
On the latest episode of The Dose, Rachel Hardeman, a tenured associate professor at the University of Minnesota School of Public Health, discusses her research exploring ways to center equity in reproductive health care.
She says it’s a huge priority “to make sure that birthing people, regardless of the setting they’re birthing in, have access to culturally centered maternity care.”
SHANOOR SEERVAI: The U.S. has one of the highest maternal mortality rates in the developed world. This crisis...