Specific Instructions:
Watch this Ted Talk by Miriam Zoila Perez:
“How Racism Harms Pregnant Women, and What Can Help”
Read this New York Times Magazine article on infant and maternal mortality in the U.S.:
“Why America’s Black Mothers and Babies are in a Life-or-Death Crisis”
Use information related to inequalities in maternal mortality and infant mortality from the TED Talk, the New York Times magazine article above and. Discuss how chronic stress and unequal treatment in the health care system lead to higher maternal mortality rates and infant mortality rates for African American mothers and babies. Furthermore, be sure to discuss why socioeconomic status is not an adequate explanation for the observed differences in health outcomes related to childbirth.