Investigating structural maternal health inequities among black reproductive aged women in georgia: a mixed methods and multi-level approach

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R01HD109005
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$6,320,042

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Completion date 87% complete
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Roxbury, MA 02118, USA

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Abstract
Racial injustice and oppression are prevalent and devastating causes of health disparities. Black women are 2- 3 times more likely than white women to experience severe maternal morbidity (SMM) and to DIE from pregnancy-related causes. The maternal health crisis is particularly profound in georgia, where black women account for 35% of all births and the pregnancy-related mortality ratio is 1.5 times higher than national estimates. Research that examines disparities in maternal health often focus on individual-level behaviors when the root of the issues are better conceptualized as being within structures and systems that perpetuate injustice intergenerationally and over the life course. This study will address three major gaps in the literature to date. First, traditional measures of structural racial discrimination (SRD) often fail to capture the full range of historical oppression, and research is needed to explore an array of measures to better understand and address the contemporary effects of historically unjust practices, policies, and structures. Second, IT is unclear what multi-level strategies could mitigate the impact of SRD on SMM and promote resilience for black women. Third, with research seeking to address multi-level inequities, IT is important to integrate qualitative methods that center the experiences of black women within SRD in order to approach solutions. The objective of this proposal is to ascertain new information from diverse perspectives using a robust mixed-methods approach to understand how SRD affects black maternal health outcomes at the population, health system, and individual level. At the population level, we will conduct a secondary data analysis to estimate county-level associations between measures of SRD and black-white SMM disparities (aim 1). Recognizing that provider practices are influenced by individual biases and institutional structures, we will use a causal attribution framework to characterize physician perceptions regarding the underlying causes of black-white maternal health disparities and the racial climate of the organizations in which they practice. (aim 2). Lastly, we will assess black women's lived experiences of obstetric and institutional racism and how these experiences influence access to care and health status before, during, and after pregnancy, using a framework of radical healing for communities of color to identify risk and resilience coping processes. (aim 3). This multi-level and mixed-methods study will allow US to contextualize black maternal outcomes and capture structural intersectionality constructs that have yet to be studied. Our findings will provide critical insight on potentially modifiable factors for addressing the current maternal health crisis in a southern state where the legacy of slavery and oppression lingers.

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Subawards

Subrecipient Amount Awarded
The Corporation Of Mercer University Dr. Michael Kramer is Professor of Community Medicine and Director of the Center for Rural Health and Health Disparities at Mercer University School of… $17,641
University Of Georgia Research Foundation, Inc. Dr. Carter has extensive experience assessing adults for racial discrimination and related trauma and will ensure that clinically appropriate assessments are… $49,315
Georgia State University Research Foundation Inc. Dr. Carter will: 1. Provide feedback on conceptual models addressing specific aims. 2. Enhance the team’s contextual understanding of Black Americans… $20,558
Emory University The objective of this proposal is to ascertain new information from diverse perspectives using a robust mixed-methods approach to understand how structural… $61,037
Emory University $40,472
Georgia State University Research Foundation Inc. Dr. Carter will: 1. Provide feedback on conceptual models addressing specific aims. 2. Enhance the team’s contextual understanding of Black Americans… $51,225
The Corporation Of Mercer University Investigating structural maternal health inequities among Black reproductive aged $11,550
Georgia State University Research Foundation Inc. $58,732

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Who received award R01HD109005?

R01HD109005 was awarded to Boston Medical Center Corporation by National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (National Institutes of Health) on September 19, 2022.

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$6,320,042 has been obligated on R01HD109005.

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