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New U. Chicago Study Aims To Reduce Black Maternal Mortality
New U. Chicago Study Aims To Reduce Black Maternal Mortality
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Length:
19 minutes
Released:
Apr 12, 2022
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Podcast episode
Description
Maternal deaths rose during the first year of the pandemic by 14 percent, according to a new report from the National Center for Health Statistics. But the mortality rate of Black women was nearly three times that of white women.
For Black Maternal Health Week, Reset learns more about the health disparities Black women are more likely to face during and after pregnancy and local efforts to reduce them.
GUESTS: Karie Stewart, director of midwifery services at UChicago Medicine
Stephanie Ivey, patient at UChicago Medicine
Felicia Davis Blakley, president and CEO of the Chicago Foundation for Women
For Black Maternal Health Week, Reset learns more about the health disparities Black women are more likely to face during and after pregnancy and local efforts to reduce them.
GUESTS: Karie Stewart, director of midwifery services at UChicago Medicine
Stephanie Ivey, patient at UChicago Medicine
Felicia Davis Blakley, president and CEO of the Chicago Foundation for Women
Released:
Apr 12, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode
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