My research presentation is about the healthcare disparities in black maternal death rates. The study dissects data segregated from the 2016-2017 data collected by the NCHS (National Center for Health Statistics). The collected data was scrubbed for comments on the actual death certificate and all causes not primarily indicated by childbirth complications were removed. The findings make clear a much deeper divide between death disparities in black and non-Hispanic white women. The top causes of mortality clearly indicate stress driven disease in black women. The findings are explored in my presentation and show eclampsia, preeclampsia and cardiomyopathy as leading causes of pregnancy and post pregnancy death in black women. My theoretical frame deeply explores intersectionality and supports research gleaned from other qualitive research. The quantitative findings give credence to what some may consider more subjective results from other studies. The research also supports my anecdotal experience as well during pregnancy. I suffered from preeclampsia and other environmental and social stressors due to circumstances environmental and socioeconomic. I’m moving to employ a mixed method approach using intersectionality as my theoretical methodological frame.
Work Cited
MacDorman, Thoma, M., Declcerq, E., & Howell, E. A. (2021). Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Maternal Mortality in the United States Using Enhanced Vital Records, 2016‒2017. American Journal of Public Health (1971), 111(9), 1673–1681. https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2021.306375