Bringing Equity to Birth
Birthful
Adriana Lozada
4.7 • 706 Ratings
🗓️ 9 May 2018
⏱️ 61 minutes
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Summary
Despite increasingly high health care spending, the U.S. has one of the worst rates of deaths related to pregnancy and childbirth in the developed world. The damage goes beyond statistical data points, with rates of birth trauma also rising. And if you are a person of color, the situation is much worse. What is going on, and what can you do to help bring more equity into yours and all births? Denise Bolds tells us more about this important topic.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Birthful Podcast. I'm Adriana Lozada and today we're exploring bringing equity into the birthing room. |
| 0:18.9 | Despite increasingly high health care spending, the U.S. has one of the |
| 0:22.7 | worst rates of deaths related to pregnancy and childbirth in the developed world. The damage goes beyond |
| 0:28.3 | statistical data points, with rates of birth trauma also rising. And if you're a person of color, |
| 0:34.0 | the situation is much, much worse. What is going on and what can you do to help |
| 0:39.1 | bring more equity into your and all births? Denise Boulds tells us more. Stay tuned. |
| 0:45.7 | This episode of Brothful is brought to you by Storyworth, an easy and fun way for your loved |
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| 1:15.6 | The Birthful podcast, talking to maternity pros to inform your intuition. |
| 1:23.0 | Hello, mighty parents and parents to be. |
| 1:24.9 | As always, thank you so, so much for listening and for all the love you give the show. |
| 1:28.4 | And if what you hear is helpful, then please make sure you subscribe so you don't miss a thing. |
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| 1:43.0 | All right, today we're talking about birth equity, which is a super complex and urgent topic. |
| 1:49.0 | There are many people doing amazing work to shed light on the implications and long-lasting |
| 1:53.2 | effects show of birth inequity and also to bring forth some creative solutions to improve |
| 1:58.7 | outcomes as well as increase awareness. I do want to give a special |
| 2:03.1 | shout out today to Sabrina Folk Thomas, who's the first black certified professional midwife in |
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