Slaverys Impact on Maternal and Infant Healthcare
True or False: Black women have the highest breastfeeding rate compared to other racial and ethnic groups.
False
What is the ratio of the mortality rate for black babies vs. white babies
Black babies are three times more likely to die/ The mortality rate is three times that of white babies
How do midwives see ethnic women?
The see ethnic women as difficult
Who is Samuel Cartwright?
An Author who was well respected during the Antebellum Period and wrote about the "negro disease"
What cause the power struggle between doctors and black women?
Doctors witholding information
How do doctors make black women feel?
The make black womem feel invisible
What was the mortality rate of enslaved infants?
The mortality rate was 50%.
True or False: Many doctors have a pain bias with treating black patients
Who is Kimberly Seals Aller?
A black woman who had a traumatizing birthing experience
what is "partus sequitur ventrem"?
The child has the same position as the mother
Example: If the mother is a slave then the child will be a slave
What is the weathering effect?
The weathering effect is chronic stress that piles up and becomes a problem that cannot be easily fixed
What percentage of child birth fatalities are avoidable?
60% of child birht fatalities are avoidable
Why was "Partus Sequitur Ventrem" approved?
It was approved after the atlantic slave trade ended so slaveowners could continue to have a supply of slaves.
How does racial discrimination and discrimination based on insurance relate to each other?
The line between racial discrimination and discimination based on insurance are blurred.
What kind of racism do balck typically face from midwives?
They usually face microagressions