Скачать или смотреть ‘Dangerous Deliveries’: The Spread of America’s Maternity Care Deserts

The U.S. is facing a growing crisis in maternity care, as rural hospitals and obstetric units close and mothers face long, dangerous journeys for care. The growth of these maternity care deserts disproportionately harms women of color, who are already at increased risk for life-threatening pregnancy complications and poor outcomes. In Georgia, more than 40 labor and delivery units have closed over the past three decades, and nearly half of the state’s predominantly Black counties now qualify as maternity care deserts. Across the country, about 2 million women of childbearing age live at least 25 miles from labor and delivery units, which are often first on the chopping block when hospitals run into financial trouble. The loss of these essential health care facilities in disproportionately poor, Black and rural areas is “the definition of structural racism — underinvestment in community,” as one Black maternal health expert put it. In this webinar, we’ll hear from two reporters who have extensively reported for Capital B and USA Today on America’s maternity care crisis and the unequal harms suffered by pregnant women of color and their children. Reporters will gain essential context, resources and data points, and story ideas for covering this worsening maternal health crisis in their area.

Find speaker bios and reading links here: https://centerforhealthjournalism.org...