Disparities In Maternal Outcomes Research Articles

Reduction of Peripartum Racial and Ethnic Disparities: A Conceptual Framework and Maternal Safety Consensus Bundle.

Racial and ethnic disparities exist in both perinatal outcomes and health care quality. For example, black women are 3 to 4 times more likely to die from pregnancy-related causes and have more than a 2-fold greater risk of severe maternal morbidity than white women. In an effort to achieve health equity in maternal morbidity and mortality, a multidisciplinary workgroup of the National Partnership for Maternal Safety, within the Council on Patient Safety in Women's Health Care, developed a concept article for the bundle on reduction of peripartum disparities. We aimed to provide health care providers and health systems with insight into racial and ethnic disparities in maternal outcomes, the etiologies that are modifiable within a health care system, and resources that can be used to address these etiologies and achieve the desired end of safe and equitable health care for all childbearing women.

920: Risk factors and disparities in maternal outcomes in racial minorities in Washington State.

920: Risk factors and disparities in maternal outcomes in racial minorities in Washington State.

919: Obstetric risk factors and disparities in maternal outcomes in the Hispanic women in Washington State.

919: Obstetric risk factors and disparities in maternal outcomes in the Hispanic women in Washington State.