“There is a maternal crisis in the United States.'
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The rate of maternal death for Black women was 2.6 times higher than for White women, at 69.9 deaths per 100,000 live births. “There is a maternal crisis in the United States,” said Angela Dawson, director of the Ohio Commission on Minority Health, in a recent meeting of the Black Maternal Health Caucus.
Dawson said the data shows communities that are redlined are the same communities exhibiting high rates of maternal mortality, along with cancer, diabetes and other negative health outcomes. A bill is already active in the Ohio General Assembly, seeking to expand doula services and Medicaid reimbursement for the services, something Dawson and state Sen. Catherine Ingram, D-Cincinnati, said is a good start.
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