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Healthcare and birthing practices of African American women

Institutionalized racism in health practices today is a result of history ignorance of the African American women body, reproductive precedents of procedures, and risk factors that are more prevalent in African American women not being considered.

www.americanprogress.org/issues/early-childhood/reports/2018/02/01/445576/exploring-african-americans-high-maternal-infant-death-rates/.

• The Center for American Progress addressed trends in maternal and infant mortality while discussing the cumulative effects of racism on maternal and infant health. The source also acknowledged common risk factors that are more prevalent that can contribute to the tragedy. At the same time, emphasizes that those risk factors can not fully explain African Americans higher maternal and infant mortality rates. Additionally, I will use quantitative date from a scholarly source to display the massive amount of tragedies.
  

Healthcare and birthing practices in African American women

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