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Risk assessments and ethnicity in maternity care: looking through the wrong end of the telescope?

Melamed, Anna

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Anna Melamed Anna.Melamed@uwe.ac.uk
Senior Lecturer in Midwifery



Abstract

Many Black and brown women are classified as ‘high risk’ and follow obstetric-led pathways. This may be the result of social determinants of health, or over pathologisation as a result of racial bias by healthcare providers and systems. There may be times when social determinants are mistaken for innate physiological differences, leading to iatrogenic harm. There is both over and underdiagnosis resulting from racial bias in midwifery care. Women with intermediate risk factors may benefit from midwifery-led care, especially Black and brown women. Community-based, relational, women-centred midwifery models of care can reduce the problems of pathologisation and redress some social inequalities.

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Jan 16, 2024
Online Publication Date Feb 3, 2024
Publication Date Feb 2, 2024
Deposit Date Feb 5, 2024
Publicly Available Date Aug 3, 2024
Journal British Journal of Midwifery
Print ISSN 0969-4900
Publisher MA Healthcare
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 32
Issue 2
Pages 98-104
DOI https://doi.org/10.12968/bjom.2024.32.2.98
Keywords Maternity and Midwifery
Public URL https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/11658357

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