MPC Member Publications

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Title: Community-informed models of perinatal and reproductive health services provision: A justice-centered paradigm toward equity among Black birthing communities

Citation Type: Journal Article

Publication Year: 2020

ISSN: 0146-0005

DOI: 10.1016/J.SEMPERI.2020.151267

Abstract: Perinatal health outcomes in the United States continue to worsen, with the greatest burden of inequity falling on Black birthing communities. Despite transdisciplinary literature citing structural racism as a root cause of inequity, interventions continue to be mostly physician-centered models of perinatal and reproductive healthcare (PRH). These models prioritize individual, biomedical risk identification and stratification as solutions to achieving equity, without adequately addressing the social and structural determinants of health. The objective of this review is to: (1) examine the association between the impact of structural and obstetric racism and patient-centered access to PRH, (2) define and apply reproductive justice (RJ) as a framework to combat structural and obstetric racism in PRH, and (3) describe and demonstrate how to use an RJ lens to critically analyze physician-led and community-informed PRH models. We conclude with recommendations for building a PRH workforce whose capacity is aligned with racial equity. Institutional alignment with a RJ praxis creates opportunities for advancing PRH workforce diversification and development and improving PRH experiences and outcomes for our patients, communities, and workforce.

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Authors: Julian, Zoë; Robles, Diana; Whetstone, Sara; Perritt, Jamila B.; Jackson, Andrea V.; Hardeman, Rachel; Scott, Karen A.

Periodical (Full): Seminars in Perinatology

Issue: 5

Volume: 44

Pages: 151267

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