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General Category => Politics & Current Affairs => Topic started by: Nearly Sane on April 18, 2023, 04:28:52 PM

Title: End racial disparities in maternal deaths - MPs
Post by: Nearly Sane on April 18, 2023, 04:28:52 PM

The numbers are scandalous


https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-65300168

Title: Re: End racial disparities in maternal deaths - MPs
Post by: Outrider on April 18, 2023, 04:38:34 PM

Quote from: Nearly Sane on April 18, 2023, 04:28:52 PM

The numbers are scandalous


https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-65300168

Unfortunately, focussing on the NHS and the process of giving birth is not likely targetting the most effective areas. Maternal deaths are strongly linked with poverty (where minority women are disproportionately represented) and in people with poorer educational outcomes (again where minority women are disproportionately represented). There is very little evidence that the NHS is directly treating minority women significantly differently from white women, in childbirth or elsewhere.

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Title: Re: End racial disparities in maternal deaths - MPs
Post by: Nearly Sane on April 18, 2023, 04:52:34 PM

Quote from: Outrider on April 18, 2023, 04:38:34 PM

Unfortunately, focussing on the NHS and the process of giving birth is not likely targetting the most effective areas. Maternal deaths are strongly linked with poverty (where minority women are disproportionately represented) and in people with poorer educational outcomes (again where minority women are disproportionately represented). There is very little evidence that the NHS is directly treating minority women significantly differently from white women, in childbirth or elsewhere.

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But also not clear that the disparity has been properly investigated


https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm5803/cmselect/cmwomeq/94/report.html#heading-4