Studies show that perinatal care clinicians and providers are generally committed to, and place a high ... show more

Studies show that perinatal care clinicians and providers are generally committed to, and place a high value on, providing high-quality and equitable care. Unfortunately, a large body of research shows a major gap between health care clinicians' and providers' value on equitable care and Black patients' experiences and outcomes. A massive body of evidence shows that Black women, on average, receive poorer quality of care and have higher rates of suffering, complications, morbidity, and death than their White counterparts. This course is split into three parts. Each uses the example of real-life, composite stories to illustrate the way racial bias, however unintended, can undermine care. Each part also provides specific, concrete, evidence-based strategies for interrupting racial bias.

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