AAP: Research Shows Racism Impacts Neonatal Intensive Care
July 29, 2019
July 29, 2019
ELK GROVE VILLAGE, Illinois, July 29 -- The American Academy of Pediatrics issued the following news release:
African American women are 49% more likely to give birth early, which is linked to increased mortality, making preterm birth or low birth weight the leading cause of infant death among black infants. A review article in the August 2019 Pediatrics, "Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Neonatal Intensive Care: A Systematic Review," found that unequal quality of neonatal car . . .
African American women are 49% more likely to give birth early, which is linked to increased mortality, making preterm birth or low birth weight the leading cause of infant death among black infants. A review article in the August 2019 Pediatrics, "Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Neonatal Intensive Care: A Systematic Review," found that unequal quality of neonatal car . . .