Addressing Racial Disparities in the Hypertensive Disorders in Pregnancy

A Plan for Action from the Preeclampsia Foundation's Racial Disparities Task Force

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ID2073441
AutoresCornelia R Graves (0000-0003-0420-4388, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, autor correspondente), Tabassum Firoz (0000-0001-8242-8235, Bridgeport Hospital), Skylar N Smith (Brigham and Women's Hospital), Natalie D Hernandez (0000-0001-8911-6613, Morehouse School of Medicine), Natalie Hernandez, Shaconna Haley (Spelman College), Kim Smith (0000-0002-4063-0037, Preeclampsia Foundation), Robyn D’oria (Preeclampsia Foundation), Ann C Celi (0000-0003-1988-3715, Brigham and Women's Hospital)
Ano2024
Volume12
Fascículo5
Páginas3223-3232
Data de publicação2024-08-26
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoJournal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 2196-8837 • E-ISSN: 2197-3792
EditoraSpringer Science and Business Media LLC (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1007/s40615-024-02126-6
PMID39186228
OpenAlexW4401883168
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas1
Referências citadas48

Hypertensive disorders of pregnancy (HDP) are among the leading causes of maternal mortality in the United States, with Black women and birthing people disproportionately having higher HDP-related deaths and morbidity. In 2020, the Preeclampsia Foundation formed a national Racial Disparities Task Force (RDTF) to identify key recommendations to address issues of racial disparities related to HDP. Recommendations are centered around the Foundation's three pillars: Community, Healthcare Practice, and Research. Healthcare practices include adequate treatment of chronic hypertension in Black women and birthing people, re-branding low-dose aspirin to prenatal aspirin to facilitate uptake, and innovative models of care that especially focus on postpartum follow-up. A research agenda that examines the influence of social and structural determinants of health (ssDOH) on HDP care, access, and outcomes is essential to addressing disparities. One specific area that requires attention is the development of metrics to evaluate the quality of obstetrical care as it relates to racial disparities in Black women and birthing people with HDP. The recommendations generated by the Preeclampsia Foundation's RDTF highlight the strategic priorities and are a call to action that requires listening to the voices and experiences of Black women and birthing people, engaging their communities, and multi-sectoral collaboration to improve healthcare practices and drive needed research

Business · Call to action · Family medicine · Health care · Health equity · Political science · Public health · Racism · Sociology · Gender Studies · Maternal and fetal healthcare · Maternal and Perinatal Health Interventions · Medicine · Nursing · Pregnancy and preeclampsia studies