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Reflecting on Equity in Perinatal Care During a Pandemic Niles, P. Mimi; Asiodu, Ifeyinwa V.; Crear-Perry, Joia; Julian, Zoë; Lyndon, Audrey; McLemore, Monica R.; Planey, Arianna M.; Scott, Karen A.; Vedam, Saraswathi

Abstract

Growing discourse around maternity care during the pandemic offers an opportunity to reflect on how this crisis has amplified inequities in health care. We argue that policies upholding the rights of birthing people, and policies decreasing the risk of COVID-19 transmission are not mutually exclusive. The explicit lack of standardization of evidence-based maternity care, whether expressed in clinical protocols or institutional policy, has disproportionately impacted marginalized communities. If these factors remain unexamined, then it would seem that equity is not the priority, but retaining power and control is. We advocate for a comprehensive understanding of how this pandemic has revealed our deepest failures.

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Title
Reflecting on Equity in Perinatal Care During a Pandemic
Creator
Niles, P. Mimi; Asiodu, Ifeyinwa V.; Crear-Perry, Joia; Julian, Zoë; Lyndon, Audrey; McLemore, Monica R.; Planey, Arianna M.; Scott, Karen A.; Vedam, Saraswathi
Publisher
Mary Ann Liebert
Date Issued
2020
Description
Growing discourse around maternity care during the pandemic offers an opportunity to reflect on how this crisis has amplified inequities in health care. We argue that policies upholding the rights of birthing people, and policies decreasing the risk of COVID-19 transmission are not mutually exclusive. The explicit lack of standardization of evidence-based maternity care, whether expressed in clinical protocols or institutional policy, has disproportionately impacted marginalized communities. If these factors remain unexamined, then it would seem that equity is not the priority, but retaining power and control is. We advocate for a comprehensive understanding of how this pandemic has revealed our deepest failures.
Subject
Health disparities; Public health; Reproductive health; Minority health
Genre
Article
Type
Text
Language
eng
Date Available
2021-06-21
Provider
Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
Rights
Attribution 4.0 International
DOI
10.14288/1.0398479
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/2429/78742
Affiliation
Medicine, Faculty of; Non UBC; Family Practice, Department of; Midwifery, Division of
Citation
Niles PM, Asiodu IV, Crear-Perry J, Julian Z, Lyndon A, McLemore MR, et al. (2020). Reflecting on Equity in Perinatal Care During a Pandemic. Health Equity, 4, 330-333.
Publisher DOI
10.1089/heq.2020.0022
Peer Review Status
Reviewed
Scholarly Level
Faculty; Researcher; Postdoctoral
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Authors
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http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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