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Investigating the impact of structural racism on Black birthing people - associations between racialized economic segregation, incarceration inequality, and severe maternal morbidity.
Jeffers NK, Berger BO, Marea CX, et al. Investigating the impact of structural racism on Black birthing people - associations between racialized economic segregation, incarceration inequality, and severe maternal morbidity. Soc Sci Med. 2023;317:115622. doi:10.1016/j.socscimed.2022.115622.
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February 15, 2023
Jeffers NK, Berger BO, Marea CX, et al. Soc Sci Med. 2023;317:115622.
Structural racism contributes to high rates of severe maternal morbidity (SMM) experienced by Black patients. This study investigated specific measures of structural racism (incarceration inequality and racialized economic segregation) on Black SMM. In this sample of births from 2008-2011, racialized economic segregation was associated with SMM for black patients; however, incarceration inequality was not.
