Shalon was an MPH classmate of mine. Thanks for sharing. we need to do more for black mothers in the US. for Shalon <3
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Solid writing
@ByNinaMartin. Thank you for bringing health disparities to light. We must do better!Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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Come on nurses, we have to recognize the high BP, report it and insist on intervention!
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So. Sad. “Limited diversity in the medical profession contributes to the black mothers’ sense of alienation. Blacks make up 6%of doctors (though 11%of OB-GYNs), 3% of medical school faculty and less than 2% of National Institutes of Health-funded principal investigators”
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1/I experienced this after the birth of my daughter. Sent home after C section with very swollen legs and feet. Then a massive headache started that I attributed to exhaustion. Went to post op Dr appt to remove sutures. BP was 205/135. Rushed to ER
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Very sad, especially knowing that someone should have caught the postpartum BP of 158/112
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I’m concerned that the focus is on the color & not the medicine. African American women do not respond as well to the same medication a white woman does. Idk the science behind it but 15 years practice prove it true to me.
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My sister's OBGYN thought childbirth cured pre-eclampsia. By the grace of God she didn't have a stroke. So much ignorance.
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Is it failing to keep knowledge current? Relying too much on test results and not enough on the woman in front of them saying "something is wrong"?
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Black maternal deaths: racism is deadly but malpractice is deadlierhttp://www.skepticalob.com/2017/12/black-maternal-deaths-racism-is-deadly-but-malpractice-is-deadlier.html …
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Safe childbirth is a basic human right. We have to pull out all the stops to end discrimination against women and make them safe
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Beyond tragic. What can we as individuals do to address this
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The worst medical care I ever received was postpartum at a baby friendly hospital. Racism played a role here but the US has a really screwed up system for providing women with maternity care.
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Sad, very sad. So many dropped the ball
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Tragic.simply Tragic.
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