Confronting The Nation’s Racial Health Disparities in Maternal Health
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Last month, Blue Cross Blue Shield Association announced its National Health Equity Strategy as part of its ongoing efforts to improve the health of America. Furthermore, the strategy was put in place as a means to confront the nation’s crisis in racial health disparities. In response to the findings from a recent Blue Cross Blue Shield, The Health of America Report
“There is an urgent maternal health crisis in our country,” said Kim Keck, president and CEO of BCBSA. “It is unconscionable that women of color face a greater risk of childbirth complications compared to white women. We must confront health disparities across the board to change the trajectory.”
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In our DNA : Police violence, racism plague Black maternal health
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Police violence and racism in general can be insidious threats to a Black woman s reproductive health, damaging her own well-being and possibly even the DNA of her children, growing research shows.
Transgenerational trauma – defined as trauma that passes through generations – has long been documented in descendants of enslaved people, refugees and Holocaust survivors.
In the case of Black women who have witnessed the countless deaths and injuries of Black people at the hands of police, or been hurt themselves, their children may be unintentional genetic recipients of their wounds, both psychological and physiological. And in some cases, it s making them think twice about having children.