Ways Forward in Preventing Severe Maternal Morbidity and Maternal Health Inequities: Conceptual Frameworks, Definitions, and Data, from a Population Health Perspective

The United States ranks worse on maternal mortality than other high-resource countries (Tikkanen, Gunja, FitzGerald,& Zephyrin, 2020). It is one of few countries where maternal mortality has not improved in recent decades (GBD 2015 Maternal Mortality Collaborators, 2016). Racial/ethnic and geographic inequities in maternal mortality are substantial and persistent. Black and Native American individuals are particularly burdened, with at least two- to threefold higher mortality than the rest of the population (Admon et  al., 2018).

Source: Womens Health Issues - December 28, 2021 Category: Primary Care Authors: Suzan L. Carmichael, Barbara Abrams, Alison El Ayadi, Henry C. Lee, Can Liu, Deirdre J. Lyell, Audrey Lyndon, Elliott K. Main, Mahasin Mujahid, Lu Tian, Jonathan M. Snowden Tags: Commentary Source Type: research