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Volume 26, Issue 4

April 2022

Special Issue: Black Maternal and Child Health in America

Issue Editors:

Allison S. Bryant,
Kimberly D. Gregory,
Rachel R. Hardeman,
Elizabeth A. Howell,
Fleda Mask Jackson

35 articles in this issue

Introduction: The Quest for Birth Equity and Justice—Now is the Time
Fleda Mask Jackson
Allison Bryant
Elizabeth A. Howell
Commentary 05 April 2022 Pages: 659 - 660
Developing Tools to Report Racism in Maternal Health for the CDC Maternal Mortality Review Information Application (MMRIA): Findings from the MMRIA Racism & Discrimination Working Group
Rachel R. Hardeman
Anna Kheyfets
Elizabeth A. Howell
From the Field 04 January 2022 Pages: 661 - 669
Correction to: Developing Tools to Report Racism in Maternal Health for the CDC Maternal Mortality Review Information Application (MMRIA): Findings from the MMRIA Racism & Discrimination Working Group
Rachel R. Hardeman
Anna Kheyfets
Elizabeth A. Howell
Correction 18 February 2022 Pages: 670 - 673
Transdisciplinary Imagination: Addressing Equity and Mistreatment in Perinatal Care
Saraswathi Vedam
Laurie Zephyrin
James W. Bair
Commentary 23 March 2022 Pages: 674 - 681
Measuring State-Level Racial Inequity in Severe Maternal Morbidity in the Medicaid Population
Tyler Barreto
Chaohua Li
Anne Gaglioti
OriginalPaper 02 December 2021 Pages: 682 - 690
Examining the Influence of Racial Discrimination on Adverse Birth Outcomes: An Analysis of the Virginia Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS), 2016–2018
Kenesha F. Smith Barber
Meagan D. Robinson
OriginalPaper 20 August 2021 Pages: 691 - 699
Street-Race in Reproductive Health: A Qualitative Study of the Pregnancy and Birthing Experiences among Black and Afro-Latina Women in South Florida
Shameka Poetry Thomas
OriginalPaper 16 July 2021 Pages: 700 - 707
Addressing Racial/Ethnic Inequities in Maternal Health Through Community-Based Social Support Services: A Mixed Methods Study
Rebecca West
Amanda DiMeo
Rose L. Molina
From the Field 04 January 2022 Pages: 708 - 718
Birthing #blackboyjoy: Black Midwives Caring for Black Mothers of Black Boys During Pregnancy and Childbirth
Keisha L. Goode
Arielle Bernardin
OriginalPaper Open access 27 August 2021 Pages: 719 - 725
“Ignored and Invisible”: Perspectives from Black Women, Clinicians, and Community-Based Organizations for Reducing Preterm Birth
Kendra L. Smith
Fatema Shipchandler
Stephanie A. Leonard
OriginalPaper 24 January 2022 Pages: 726 - 735
“They Make You Feel Less of a Human Being”: Understanding and Responding to Milwaukee’s Racial Disparity in Infant Mortality
Alyson Isaksson Capp
OriginalPaper 25 November 2021 Pages: 736 - 746
Ensuring Racial Equity in Pregnancy Care During the COVID-19 Pandemic and Beyond
Ayotomiwa Ojo
Adam L. Beckman
Neel Shah
Commentary 28 June 2021 Pages: 747 - 750
A Community Collaborative for the Exploration of Local Factors Affecting Black Mothers’ Experiences with Perinatal Care
Amina P. Alio
Twylla Dillion
Ann Dozier
OriginalPaper 22 March 2022 Pages: 751 - 760
The Government’s Involvement in Prenatal Drug Testing May Be Toxic
Max Jordan Nguemeni Tiako
Lena Sweeney
Commentary 03 January 2021 Pages: 761 - 763
Examining the Role of Psychosocial Influences on Black Maternal Health During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Keri Carvalho
Anna Kheyfets
Ndidiamaka Amutah-Onukagha
Commentary 21 August 2021 Pages: 764 - 769
Prevalence and predictors of symptoms of Perinatal Mood and anxiety Disorders among a sample of Urban Black Women in the South
Natalie D. Hernandez
Sherilyn Francis
Rasheeta Chandler
OriginalPaper 27 March 2022 Pages: 770 - 777
“When I think of mental healthcare, I think of no care.” Mental Health Services as a Vital Component of Prenatal Care for Black Women
Shakkaura Kemet
Yihui Yang
Andrea Jackson
OriginalPaper Open access 14 September 2021 Pages: 778 - 787
Racial Identity Clusters and Their Relation to Postpartum Maternal Functioning in Black Women
Kortney Floyd James
Dawn M. Aycock
Jennifer L. Barkin
OriginalPaper 24 November 2021 Pages: 788 - 795
Labor and Delivery Unit Closures in Rural Georgia from 2012 to 2016 and the Impact on Black Women: A Mixed-Methods Investigation
Anna E. Carson Daymude
Joshua J. Daymude
Roger Rochat
OriginalPaper 18 February 2022 Pages: 796 - 805
African American Women’s Experiences with Birth After a Prior Cesarean Section
Megan W. Miller
Stephanie Baker
OriginalPaper 03 November 2021 Pages: 806 - 813
The Index of Concentration at the Extremes (ICE) and Pregnancy-Associated Mortality in Louisiana, 2016–2017
Lauren Dyer
Brittany D. Chambers
Maeve Wallace
OriginalPaper 19 June 2021 Pages: 814 - 822
Inequities in Adverse Maternal and Perinatal Outcomes: The Effect of Maternal Race and Nativity
Tejumola M. Adegoke
Leeya F. Pinder
Christina D. Yarrington
OriginalPaper 23 August 2021 Pages: 823 - 833
Preterm Birth Among US and Foreign-Born Non-Hispanic Black Birthing Parents in Massachusetts: Variation by Nativity, Region, and Country of Origin
Candice Belanoff
Mayowa Oluwatosin Alade
Joanna Almeida
OriginalPaper 04 January 2022 Pages: 834 - 844
The Excess Preterm Birth Rate Among US-Born (Compared to Foreign-Born) Black Women: The Role of Father’s Education
Paris Ekeke
Kristin Rankin
James W. Collins
OriginalPaper 28 January 2021 Pages: 845 - 852
Understanding Factors Influencing Breastfeeding Outcomes in a Sample of African American Women
Gayle M. Shipp
Lorraine J. Weatherspoon
Jean M. Kerver
OriginalPaper 12 October 2021 Pages: 853 - 862
The Earliest Food Deserts: Availability of Infant and Follow-on Formula, and Lactation Support Products among Stores in Black and Non-Hispanic White Zip Codes in Los Angeles County
Kacie C. A. Blackman
Sabrina Smiley
Thomas Chan
OriginalPaper 25 June 2021 Pages: 863 - 871
Barriers and Facilitators to the Implementation of a Community Doula Program for Black and Pacific Islander Pregnant People in San Francisco: Findings from a Partnered Process Evaluation
Cassondra Marshall
Stephanie Arteaga
Anu Manchikanti Gómez
OriginalPaper Open access 24 January 2022 Pages: 872 - 881
Exploration of Diet Quality by Obesity Severity in Association with Gestational Weight Gain and Distal Gut Microbiota in Pregnant African American Women: Opportunities for Intervention
K. Leigh Greathouse
R. Noah Padgett
M. A. Faucher
OriginalPaper 30 August 2021 Pages: 882 - 894
The Impact of Culturally-Centered Care on Peripartum Experiences of Autonomy and Respect in Community Birth Centers: A Comparative Study
Jennifer I. Almanza
J.’Mag Karbeah
Saraswathi Vedam
OriginalPaper Open access 24 November 2021 Pages: 895 - 904
Power and Efficacy of Maternal Voice in Neonatal Intensive Care Units: Implicit Bias and Family-Centered Care
Betsy Davis
Kathleen M. Baggett
Craig Leve
OriginalPaper 23 June 2021 Pages: 905 - 912
Improving Postpartum Care: Identifying Opportunities to Reduce Postpartum Emergency Room Visits Among Publicly-Insured Women of Color
Taylor Harrell
Elizabeth A. Howell
Ksenia Gorbenko
OriginalPaper 04 January 2022 Pages: 913 - 922
The Association of Moms2B, a Community-Based Interdisciplinary Intervention Program, and Pregnancy and Infant Outcomes among Women Residing in Neighborhoods with a High Rate of Infant Mortality
Erinn M. Hade
Courtney D. Lynch
Patricia Temple Gabbe
OriginalPaper 20 January 2021 Pages: 923 - 932
“Black Nurses in the Home is Working”: Advocacy, Naming, and Processing Racism to Improve Black Maternal and Infant Health
Roberta Hunte
Susanne Klawetter
Sherly Paul
OriginalPaper 24 November 2021 Pages: 933 - 940
Birth-Related Outcomes for Second Children Following Home Visiting Program Enrollment for New Parents of First Children
Margaret L. Holland
Eileen M. Condon
Lois S. Sadler
OriginalPaper 04 January 2022 Pages: 941 - 952
Clinician Racial Biases: Preliminary Investigation on Predictors of Poor Therapeutic Alliance and Retention in Home Visiting Intervention Program
Chioma Torres
Katherine L. Rosenblum
Michigan Collaborative for Infant Mental Health Research
OriginalPaper 02 February 2022 Pages: 953 - 961