Doulas, trained birth professionals who serve as educators and advocates to pregnant women, have been shown to be both protective, improving birth outcomes for Black women, but also cost-effective by reducing the hospital expense of preterm births and C-sections. It is clear Black maternal mortality is not just a low-income problem.īut a current wave of policy and advocacy work is primarily focused on reimbursing doulas and offering needed pregnancy-related services to Medicaid-eligible patients. The study uses California administrative data to show how household income alone is not protective from racism’s impact on maternal and infant health outcomes.
More notably, a new study published in January showed that the wealthiest Black moms are more likely to die in childbirth than the poorest white moms. In 2020, Black women in the US were 2.9 times more likely to die during or after childbirth than white women, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Serena Williams’s near-death experience after giving birth only underscored that.
These tragic deaths highlight what Black women have known for years: that being well-educated and well-resourced simply are not fully protective factors when it comes to maternal mortality and morbidity. Motherhood is said to be the 'best time of your life.' For these nine women, it was the worst
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