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Reducing The Rate of African American Infant Mortality
University of West Florida Libraries
Integration of Evidence in Professional Nursing Practice Research Presentations, Research presentations (University of West Florida, Pensacola, Florida, 2022)
2022
Abstract
African American infant mortality is one of the highest among racial groups in the United States. Their rates are over double that of white populations. Factors such as economic disparities, decreased access to healthcare, educational approaches, and racial discrimination all play an integral part to overall infant health and SIDS risk for African Americans.A study by Marian MacDorman, Race and Ethnic Disparities in Fetal Mortality, Preterm Birth, and Infant Mortality in the United States , states that infant mortality is strongly correlated with preterm births, and both are experienced by African Americans at higher rates than any other racial group. Not only that, but fetal mortality is 2.3 times more likely for non-Hispanic black women when compared to non-Hispanic white women. We re talking more than double. These differences are staggering and are not lessened in areas of infant mortality and preterm births (Mac Dorman, 2011).
Details
- Title
- Reducing The Rate of African American Infant Mortality
- Resource Type
- Presentation
- Event
- Integration of Evidence in Professional Nursing Practice Research Presentations, Research presentations (University of West Florida, Pensacola, Florida, 2022)
- Contributors
- Sallie Shipman (Faculty Mentor)Cindy Gruwell (Faculty Mentor)
- Publisher
- University of West Florida Libraries; Argo Scholar Commons
- Format
- mP4
- Copyright
- Permission granted to the University of West Florida Libraries to digitize and/or display this item for non-profit research and educational purposes. Any reuse of this item in excess of fair use or other copyright exemptions requires the permission of the copyright holder.
- Identifiers
- 99380133178706600
- Academic Unit
- BSN Virtual Student Scholarly Poster Showcase; John C. Pace Library; School of Nursing; Usha Kundu, MD College of Health
- Language
- English
- Course Name
- Integration of Evidence in Professional Nursing Practice; NUR 4169