Listening to the Perspectives of Black Women on Perinatal Health Disparities: Reversing the Tide and Improving Outcomes.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Pregnancy-related health in the USA fares worse than similarly resourced countries and the gap continues to widen. This trend however is disproportionately experienced by women of color. We have come to understand that this is due to the systems and structures that perpetuate racism. Despite our awareness of this, the voices of the community impacted by these systems have been largely left out of research. The authors aimed to utilize participatory research methods within a qualitative design to ask Black pregnant and parenting women about their lived experiences of pregnancy and perinatal health services.

Methods

Over three focus groups, the authors gathered information from 12 participants. Participants were Black women currently pregnant or pregnant in the la

SUBMITTER: Norcott C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12409962 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature