A recent article in the New York Times, Childbirth Is Deadlier for Black Families Even When They’re Rich, Expansive Study Finds, is just one more example of the Barriers people face to public health. In this case, the article points to a study about how race impacts childbirth. “Research has repeatedly shown that Black mothers and babies have the worst childbirth outcomes in the United States.”
Another study, Physician–patient racial concordance and disparities in birthing mortality for newborns, mentioned in the article states “Findings suggest that when Black newborns are cared for by Black physicians, the mortality penalty they suffer, as compared with White infants, is halved.”
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