Title: Racial Disparities in Maternal and Infant Health

Target Audience: Teams providing care to birthers and newborns

Length: 1 or 1.5 hours

Objectives:

1. Outline Racial Disparities in Maternal and Infant Health

   1. Define race (content dependent on length of workshop), health inequity, and provided examples of disparities

2. Understand the Causes of Racial Disparities, including:

   1. Review outdated understandings, including contribution of social determinants of health

   2. Explore more nuanced understandings, including the role of racism in medicine (content dependent on length of workshop), structural determinants of health (content dependent on length of workshop), allostatic load and epigenetics, and racism and implicit bias

3. Understanding Implicit Bias

1. Review formation, activation and application of implicit bias

2. Explore strategies to mitigate implicit biases

3. Present framework for change at the individual and institutional/group level

 Other Talks to Date

The Impact of Racism and Bias in Healthcare: Considerations for SANE (Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner) Practice

Centering Black Birthers Voices: The Impact of the Care We Give

Implicit Bias for Health Care Providers: Implications for Practice