WK 2 ASSGN 6301

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Research Topic and Articles

             

  Walden University

   

  SOCW 6301 Social Work Practice Research I

Dr. Katherine Leith

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Potential Research Topic  

 

How do systematic racism and poverty affect access and quality of prenatal services provided to women of color during pregnancy?

 

 

Search Key Words  

 

Black Women, African American, women of color, poverty, racism, minority women, neglect, access to medical care, access to prenatal care, giving birth, hospital care, low-income labor and delivery

 

 

APA References and Reasoning   Chambers, B. D. et al. Exposures to structural racism and racial discrimination among pregnant

and early post-partum Black women living in Oakland, California. Stress and Health. Journal

of the International Society for the Investigation of Stress, [s. l.], v. 36, n. 2, p. 213–219,

2020.  

This journal Discusses the disparities in birth outcomes for black women in the United States.

Black women are two to three times more likely to experience infant mortality and have infants

born preterm or at low birthweight compared with white women. How chronic stressors can give

rise to preterm babies.

Markin, R. D., & Coleman, M. N. (2021, November 29). Intersections of Gendered Racial

Trauma and Childbirth Trauma: Clinical Interventions for Black Women. Psychotherapy.

Advance online publication. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/pst0000403

The journal argues that black women, as a group, are more at risk of experiencing childbirth as a

traumatic event and subsequently developing posttraumatic stress reactions, because of negative

interactions and communications with medical professionals.

 

 

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Blebu BE, Ro A, Kane JB, Bruckner TA. An Examination of Preterm Birth and Residential

Social Context among Black Immigrant Women in California, 2007–2010. Journal of

Community Health. 2019;44(5):857-865. doi:10.1007/s10900-018-00602-9

black immigrant women have a higher increased risk for preterm birth as residential segregation

increases. The journal found that black immigrant women's low birth weight risk was 15%

higher for those living in highly segregated areas than other women.