Meta-Analysis Confirms Racial Discrimination Worsens Pregnancy Outcomes
October 21, 2022
A recent meta-analysis in BMJ Global Health concluded that racial discrimination in the US negatively impacts health outcomes for pregnant people. The high maternal mortality rates experienced by Black Americans has been a pressing, but long-sidelined issue in the US. This work helps to pin down racial discrimination as a primary contributor to such health disparities
According to the authors, “Across all outcomes, significant positive associations (between experiencing racial discrimination and an adverse pregnancy event) and non-significant associations (trending towards positive) were reported, with no studies reporting significant negative associations”
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(Source: BMJ Global Health, August 2022)
