broadly, to you, bayo curry winchell. broadly, to you, bayo curry-winchell.- broadly, to you, bayo curry-winchell. yes, ithink this is a curry-winchell. yes, ithink this is a great curry-winchell. yes, ithink this is a great step - curry-winchell. yes, ithink this is a great step and - this is a great step and finding ways to increase access, but we also cannot forget access, as we talk about, it is all social economics. so we have two lean into, what are we doing to invest in unconscious bias, meaning these kind of thought processes that black people don t feel as much pain as we mention, a recent study in 2016 highlighted that. so we have to of course look at expansion for certain insurance as far as medicaid, but we also know that commercial insurance, all social economics are impacted by this. so more work to be done but this is a great step. on that issue, dr kitessa, to you, are you seeing younger medical professionals learning and being trained to understand implicit bias an
welcome to you both. really great to have you on the programme. now, before we talk through the causes and what you think needs to be done, i really want to talk about how women you look after our feeling, and i am sure that they are aware of these alarming numbers. ijust alarming numbers. i just wonder, alarming numbers. ijust wonder, do you hear black women, women from minority backgrounds being buried essentially about what could happen to them during their pregnancies? first to you, dr doee? ~,,. , pregnancies? first to you, dr doee? ~ , ., ., doee? absolutely. i hear from women and doee? absolutely. i hear from women and black doee? absolutely. i hear from women and black women - women and black women especially that they are afraid, when you see statistic that black women are ten times more likely to die, it is very frightening and patients are expressing those fears to me. and to you, dr bayo, what do your patients tell you about their experiences, their fears,
benchmarks. we are now 29th in the rankings. the march of dimes also came out they report that showed the improvement across the country in terms of reducing preterm births. they looked at 53 states and territories, and director new jersey is one of the four that improved. we definitely have a secret sauce and we ll continue working on this. working on this. first lady of newjersey. working on this. first lady of newjersey, tammy - working on this. first lady of newjersey, tammy murphy, there. also an advocate for women s health. thank you for joining me here on bbc news. thank you, helena. back to our panel now, dr doee kitessa, helena. back to our panel now, dr doee kitessa, and helena. back to our panel now, dr doee kitessa, and dr - helena. back to our panel now, dr doee kitessa, and dr bayo . dr doee kitessa, and dr bayo curry winchell, talking about how this whole issue should be tackled. we were just hearing there from the first lady of newjersey on the issue. are
people, because of the discrimination, so it is having tremendous effects. dr discrimination, so it is having tremendous effects. dr bayo, we were ust tremendous effects. dr bayo, we were just talking tremendous effects. dr bayo, we were just talking about tremendous effects. dr bayo, we were just talking about the - were just talking about the generational impact. have you also seen generational mistrust filtering down as well? i also seen generational mistrust filtering down as well?- filtering down as well? i have. when we filtering down as well? i have. when we think filtering down as well? i have. when we think about - filtering down as well? i have. when we think about how- filtering down as well? i have. when we think about how we | filtering down as well? i have. i when we think about how we are to personally, black people, for affected by certain diseases that we hear about, we have diseases that we hear about, we have to diseases that we hear about, we have to tak