NorthJersey.com
In New Jersey, a Black woman is seven times more likely to die from pregnancy-related causes than a white woman, and a Black baby is three times more likely to die in the first year of life than a while baby racial disparities that Tammy Snyder Murphy, the state s first lady, said she hoped to correct with an ambitious plan announced Monday.
The plan, the latest part of her signature Nurture NJ campaign, aims to go far beyond educating health care providers to be better listeners and more respectful of the needs of their Black patients, though that is an important step, she said.