Do black women’s lives matter? A study of the hidden impact of the barriers to access maternal healthcare for migrant women in South Africa

Datos Bibliográficos

ID13077159
AutoresAbha Jaiswal (City College of New York), Lorena Núñez (0000-0002-1985-8088, University of the Witwatersrand, autor de correspondencia), Jairo Arrow
Año2024
Volumen9
Páginas983148-983148
Fecha de publicación2024-05-30
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaFrontiers in Sociology (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 2297-7775 • E-ISSN: 2297-7775
EditorialFrontiers Media (PUBLISHER • CH)
DOI10.3389/fsoc.2024.983148
PMID38873343
OpenAlexW4399176547
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas2
Referencias citadas30

The study is the first to examine and compare maternal death among two groups of women, women from SADC countries and South Africa, based on Stats SA data available for the years 2002-2015. This analysis allows for a better understanding of the differential impact that social determinants of health have on mortality among black migrant women in South Africa and considers access to healthcare as a determinant of health. As we examined maternal death, we inferred that the heightened mortality among black migrant women in South Africa was associated with various determinants of health, such as xenophobic attitudes of healthcare workers toward foreigners during the study period. The negative attitudes of healthcare workers toward migrants have been reported in the literature and the media. Yet, until now, its long-term impact on the health of the foreign population has not been gaged. While a direct association between the heightened death of migrant populations and xenophobia cannot be established in this study, we hope to offer evidence that supports the need to focus on the heightened vulnerability of black migrant women in South Africa. As we argued here, the heightened maternal mortality among migrant women can be considered hidden barriers in which health inequality and the pervasive effects of xenophobia perpetuate the health disparity of SADC migrants in South Africa

Economic growth · Environmental health · Geography · Health care · Immigration · Political science · Population · Socioeconomics · Sociology · Xenophobia · Global Health Workforce Issues · Global Maternal and Child Health · Law · Medicine · Migration, Health and Trauma