Background Perinatal quality improvement lacks valid tools to measure adverse hospital
experiences disproportionately impacting Black mothers and birthing people. Measuring …

A growing body of research on patients' and families' understanding and conceptualisation
of patient safety 1 2 begs the question of how and why we, in healthcare and the field of …

Despite recognition and attempts to reduce racial disparities in perinatal outcomes, Black
infants are still disproportionately represented among those who are born preterm. Postnatal …

Objective To report the domains of Black mothers' experiences with preterm infants in the
neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) and to determine the frameworks used. Methods A …

PURPOSE We undertook a study to assess whether presence of community support
persons (CSPs), with no hospital affiliation or alignment, mitigates acts of obstetric racism …

Introduction Poor birth outcomes are more prevalent for Black communities, but strong
evidence shows that doula care can improve those outcomes. More evidence is needed to …

This update, titled Providing Quality Family Planning Services a in the United States:
Recommendations of the US Office of Population Affairs (Revised 2024), provides …

Optimizing postpartum care highlights the need for care coordination, enhancement, and
expansion of health care services after childbirth. Yet the prioritization of disease …

Introduction: Black perinatal health workers are part of a tradition of Black people fighting for
the well-being of Black communities. The purpose of this article is to better understand the …

Evidence‐based obstetrics can employ statistical models to justify greater use of cesareans,
sometimes excluding experiential elements from informed decision making. Over the past …