Source: Maternal Mortality Rates in the United States, 2020,” November 7, 2022. https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/hestat/maternal-mortality/2020/maternal-mortality-rates-2020.htm.
Recommended Readings
“Solving the Black Maternal Health Crisis | Johns Hopkins | Bloomberg School of Public Health,” May 12, 2023. https://publichealth.jhu.edu/2023/solving-the-black-maternal-health-crisis.. Podcast (19 min) and text.
White House Maternal Health Blueprint. (June 2022). Maternal Health Learning and Innovation Center. Retrieved April 29, 2024, from https://maternalhealthlearning.org/blueprint/
Health Equity. Retrieved April 29, 2024, from https://www.michigan.gov/mdhhs/keep-mi-healthy/maternal-and-infant-health/our-programs-and-initiatives/health-equity
Multimedia and Current Awareness
- Podcast: US Maternal Mortality | IHME Insights30 January 2024 | 18.22 mins.
- Podcast: Why More Black Moms Are Choosing Home Births | The Assignment with Audie Cornish14 December 2023 | 29 mins.
- Stafford, Kat. “Why Do so Many Black Women Die in Pregnancy? One Reason: Doctors Don’t Take Them Seriously.”The Detroit News. May 23, 2023.
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