Black Maternal Health Week

Mommy Labor Nurse

Liesel Teen

Parenting, Kids & Family

5 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 15 April 2024

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

In today's episode, I will dive into the critical topic of improving maternal health outcomes for black women and the promising programs that are making a difference.

Black women often face discrimination and stress during their pregnancies, birth and postpartum, leading to the highest rates of maternal mortality and health complications in the US.

However, there is hope on the horizon and Dr. Venice Hayes and Natalie Davis are joining me today to discuss the positive changes that are happening around this topic!

Denise is the Senior Director of Research and community engagement at United States of Care and brings over 14 years of public health experience. And Natalie is the CEO and co-founder of United States of care with nearly two decades of shaping American health care policies.

I'm so thrilled to share this interview in honor of black maternal health week as a means to help raise awareness and support wider adoptions of these crucial programs and practices. And if you want to keep listening to learn more about the realities of black maternal health, I encourage you to listen to Episode 73 after this one.

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Resources and Related Episodes

"Bright Spots" Report from United States of Care
Nurse Family Partnerships - Provides resources and support for first-time moms.
Black Mom of Glowing - Peer support group for maternal mental health.
Family Solutions - Provides resources and support for parents and children in rural communities in South Carolina
Maven Clinic - Provides reproductive and family healthcare for members.
Ocean Family Center - Has a program that gives free virtual psychotherapy appointments for mothers.
Shades of Blue Project - Offers a postpartum support group through journaling in Houston, Texas.
Spinning Babies - Provide resources on a physiological approach to preparing for and caring for birth.
EP73: The Realities of Black Maternal Health

Transcript

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0:00.0	The ideal is that this is eventually transparent to people and they can understand when they're going to a hospital which one serves people that are like them
0:08.9	Whether that is in the type of birth that you want or things that matter to you or your race and
0:15.4	ethnicity I mean as we talk to people about all parts of the health care
0:19.5	system the idea of having information where you can be an informed consumer.
0:25.0	Yes.
0:26.0	Sounds so lovely and so far from the truth. You're listening to the mommy labor nurse podcast where you'll gain the
0:39.2	tools knowledge and confidence you need to erase the unknowns, feel in control, and have an even better
0:45.8	birth no matter how you deliver.
0:48.5	My name is Leaselteen, Mom of Two, practicing labor and delivery nurse nurse and your host. From over eight years
0:55.6	and counting of working at the bedside I know that knowledge is the key to an even
1:01.1	better birth so tune in each week to learn about all things pregnancy,
1:06.3	birth, and postpartum from me a labor and delivery nurse that's seen it all. And now
1:11.2	let's get into this week's episode.
1:16.0	Welcome back to this week's episode of the Mommy Slapagos
1:18.8	podcast. Today I'm going to dive into the critical topic of improving maternal health outcomes for black women.
1:25.2	Black women often face discrimination and stress during their pregnancies, birth, and
1:30.8	postpartum, leading to the highest rates of maternal mortality and health
1:34.7	complications in the US. However, there is hope on the horizon and today we're going to be talking
1:41.2	about it. We're going to focus on the Bright Spots Report by United States of Care, which highlights promising programs that are making a difference.
1:49.0	So joining me today to discuss are Venise Haines and Natalie Davis.
1:54.7	Venise is the senior director of research and community engagement at United States of
1:59.3	Care and brings over 14 years of public health experience. And Natalie is the and of shaping American health care policies.
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