Racial Disparities in Healthcare
Unfortunately, the United States has the highest maternal mortality rate among developed nations, and the COVID pandemic brought to the limelight the impact of racial and ethnic disparities in health outcomes. According to the CDC, systemic racism is a public health threat. In this interview, I discuss with Dr. Lee, author of the article Causes of health inequities, how racism, not race, is related to worst maternal health outcomes.
Here are the links to the articles/historical events mentioned during our podcast:
https://www.cdc.gov/reproductivehealth/maternal-mortality;
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
https://www.nejm.org;
https://cup.columbia.edu/book/racism-not-race/;
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
https://blackmaternalhealthcaucus-underwood.house.gov/Momnibus;
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33237843/;
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35830955/
https://www.cdc.gov/tuskegee/tuskegee-remembrance/index.html
https://www.history.com/news/the-father-of-modern-gynecology-performed-shocking-experiments-on-slaves
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Unfortunately, the United States has the highest maternal mortality rate among developed nations, and the COVID pandemic brought to the limelight the impact of racial and ethnic disparities in health outcomes. According to the CDC, systemic racism is a public health threat. In this interview, I discuss with Dr. Lee, author of the article Causes of health inequities, how racism, not race, is related to worst maternal health outcomes.
Here are the links to the articles/historical events mentioned during our podcast:
https://www.cdc.gov/reproductivehealth/maternal-mortality;
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
https://www.nejm.org;
https://cup.columbia.edu/book/racism-not-race/;
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
https://blackmaternalhealthcaucus-underwood.house.gov/Momnibus;
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33237843/;
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35830955/
https://www.cdc.gov/tuskegee/tuskegee-remembrance/index.html
https://www.history.com/news/the-father-of-modern-gynecology-performed-shocking-experiments-on-slaves
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