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. 2021 May 1;137(5):935-940.
doi: 10.1097/AOG.0000000000004363.

Rethinking Bias to Achieve Maternal Health Equity: Changing Organizations, Not Just Individuals

Tiffany L Green  1 , Jasmine Y Zapata, Heidi W Brown, Nao Hagiwara
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Rethinking Bias to Achieve Maternal Health Equity: Changing Organizations, Not Just Individuals

Tiffany L Green et al. Obstet Gynecol. .

Abstract

In this article, we address the limitations of existing implicit bias interventions as a strategy for achieving maternal health equity. We then focus on how institutionally sanctioned racial stereotyping harms Black maternal health and marginalizes a key group in the fight for health equity-Black physicians. Finally, we provide strategies to address racial bias in perinatal health care and structural barriers impeding Black physicians' success.

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Conflict of interest statement

Financial Disclosure Tiffany Green disclosed receiving funds from Rutgers University to develop public speaking workshops, New York Public Radio for a media convening on racial disparities in COVID-19, and McMaster University as an invited speaker for the 2020 LaBelle Lectureship. Heidi Brown disclosed receiving funding from Grand Rounds, Inc., and Wolters-Kluwer, Inc. as an author for Up-To-Date, Inc. The other authors did not report any potential conflicts of interest.

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