Commonwealth Fund December 3, 2021
Shanoor Seervai

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...

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