birth justice

This is a growing list of resources for patients + practitioners with information, advocacy, and tools to be part of the systemic cure needed.

• ACOG Committee Opinion No. 649: Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Obstetrics and Gynecology

• ACOG Committee Opinion No. 729: Importance of Social Determinants of Health and Cultural Awareness in the Delivery of Reproductive Health Care

• ACOG: Our Commitment to Changing the Culture of Medicine & Eliminating Racial Disparities in Women’s Health Outcomes - Resources

• ACOG Postpartum Toolkit: Racial Disparities in Maternal Mortality in the United States: information, resources, advocacy

• Birth Justice Research on Racism and Maternal Health via Evidence Based Birth

• Black Women’s Maternal Health: A Multifaceted Approach to Addressing Persistent and Dire Health Disparities from National Partnership for Women & Families

• Eight steps for narrowing the maternal health disparity gap: Step-by-step plan to reduce racial and ethnic disparities in care.
  Howell, E. A., and Ahmed, Z. N. (2019). Eight steps for narrowing the maternal health disparity gap: Step-by-step plan to reduce racial and ethnic disparities in care. Contemporary ob/gyn, 64(1), 30–36.

• Reducing Disparities in Severe Maternal Morbidity and Mortality
  Howell EA. Reducing Disparities in Severe Maternal Morbidity and Mortality. Clin Obstet Gynecol. 2018;61(2):387‐399. doi:10.1097/GRF.0000000000000349

Changing the narrative through storytelling:

• Birth Stories in Color is a podcast for people of color to share their birthing experiences- a space that specifically celebrates, mourns with and supports people of color and their transformation through birth.

• NATAL - A podcast docuseries about having a baby while Black.

• 472 | What's Behind Racial Disparities in Pregnancy & Childbirth - from The Birth Hour (A Birth Story Podcast)

I’m all ears. Feel free to share content suggestions or resources centering BIPOC peripartum care.