Watch Documentary Activity: African American Women and Birth Outcomes in the U.S.

HEA 632 Documentary Activity: African American Women and Birth Outcomes in the U.S.

Watch the documentary series Unnatural Causes: When the Bough Breaks: a series about premature birth or low birth weight babies among African American Women in the U.S. Details for how to access the documentary are as follows:

Overview: Unnatural Causes Episode 2: When the Bough Breaks 

Start watching documentary at 56 minutes and stop watching at 1hr 25 mins 

(29 total minutes total) 

Unnatural Causes: Is Inequality Making us Sick? (PBS, 2008)

Link: https://voyager.ship.edu/rpas/ezproxy.cgi?institution=15&url=https://search.alexanderstreet.com/view/work/2677862

As you watch the series, they will respond to the following:

Discuss how structural bias or racism influence premature birth or low birth weight babies among African American Women in the U.S. You must discuss at least one influence at the organizational, community and policy levels of the social ecological model.

· How does either structural bias or racism influence premature birth or low birth weight babies among African American Women in the U.S.?

____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

· Organizational Level Influence:

________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

· Community Level Influence:

________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

· Policy Level Influence:

________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Documentary Activity Rubric (5 points)

2 points for correctly discussing how either structural bias or racism influence the health problem;

3 points for correctly discussing the influences on each of the organizational, community, and policy levels

Page 2 of 2