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In March, U.S. Reps. Lauren Underwood, Alma Adams and Sen. Kamala Harris introduced a suite of bills aimed at reducing maternal mortality rates — which includes addressing health care workers’ biases. https://mailchi.mp/19thnews/kamala-harris-coronavirus-vice-presidency …
The Black Maternal Health Momnibus — composed of nine bills — would “tackle systemic health disparities,” Harris wrote in @Essence.https://www.essence.com/feature/black-maternal-health-crisis-kamala-harris/ …
Among the measures: expanding postpartum Medicaid coverage; investing in housing, transportation and nutrition, which partly determine maternal health outcomes; and diversifying the perinatal workforce (physicians, nurses, doulas, midwives). https://mailchi.mp/19thnews/kamala-harris-coronavirus-vice-presidency …
Public health experts don’t have a simple explanation for why black women die at 2.5 times the rate of white women. It’s likely a combination of factors. https://mailchi.mp/19thnews/kamala-harris-coronavirus-vice-presidency …
Black women are less likely to have access to quality perinatal care. They are also more susceptible to conditions such as obesity and hypertension. https://mailchi.mp/19thnews/kamala-harris-coronavirus-vice-presidency …
But researchers also say that the institutional racism in health care is part of the equation. https://mailchi.mp/19thnews/kamala-harris-coronavirus-vice-presidency …
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