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Risk assessments and ethnicity in maternity care: looking through the wrong end of the telescope? (2024)
Journal Article
Melamed, A. (2024). Risk assessments and ethnicity in maternity care: looking through the wrong end of the telescope?. British Journal of Midwifery, 32(2), 98-104. https://doi.org/10.12968/bjom.2024.32.2.98

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

Trans and non-binary experiences of maternity services: Cautioning against acting without evidence (2023)
Journal Article
Webb, K., Rickford, R., Edun, C., & Melamed, A. (2023). Trans and non-binary experiences of maternity services: Cautioning against acting without evidence. British Journal of Midwifery, 31(9), 512-518. https://doi.org/10.12968/bjom.2023.31.9.512

Research into the experiences of trans and non-binary users of maternity services in England was recently commissioned by the Health and Wellbeing Alliance. It was conducted by the LGBT Foundation, culminating in the ‘improving trans and non-binary e... Read More about Trans and non-binary experiences of maternity services: Cautioning against acting without evidence.