Maternal Mortality and Morbidity: Addressing the Ongoing Disparities

Research question: How can the ongoing disparities between maternal mortality and morbidity, specifically among African American women, in the United States be addressed?

Maternal Mortality and Morbidity

According to Howell (2018), in the United States, African American women happen to have a significantly higher likelihood of dying of pregnancy-related causes with the author in this case placing the said likelihood at three to four times in comparison to White women. This is the very same finding made by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention CDC which makes an observation to the effect that in the US, black women are three times more likely to die from a pregnancy-related cause than White women (CDC, 2023). Njoku, Evans, Nimo-Sefah, and Bailey (2023) also make a similar finding, indicating that in comparison to other ethnic and racial groups in the US, African American women experience the worst adverse pregnancy outcomes. This is despite the US being one of the most developed countries in the world. Indeed, as Gunja, Gumas, and Williams II (), the United States has had a worsening maternal mortality crisis over the last few years. This is more so the case when a comparison is made between the U.S. and its peers. In the words of the authors, New international data show the...

continues to exceed the rate in other high-income...…would also be prudent to note that in essence, racism also happens to be deeply rooted in social, economic, and political systems which may, in one way or another, converge to influence maternal health in the US.

A Brief Description of How the Paper Is Envisioned

The paper explores ways of reining in disparities in maternal mortality and morbidity in the US. The targeted population happens to be African American women. A sample of participants will be generated from this population. Efforts will be made to explore what past studies have found regarding the topic in question. Only credible resources will be relied upon, i.e. peer-reviewed journal articles, relevant scholarly resources in the realm of healthcare, organizational resources, etc. The analysis…