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One-fifth of U.S. mothers say they have experienced mistreatment by their health care provider during their pregnancy and delivery care and 29% say they have faced discrimination, according to new research from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, with higher rates of such incidents reported among women of color.
Approximately 20% of more than 2,400 women surveyed in a CDC Vital Signs report released Tuesday said they experienced some form of physical neglect or verbal abuse during their maternal care. The report’s findings were based on a survey conducted from April 24 through April 30 by public relations firm Porter Novelli.
Higher rates of mistreatment were reported by mothers who identify with a racial and ethnic minority group, including 30% of Black women, 29% of Hispanic women and 27% of multiracial women during their pregnancy care, compared to 19% of white women and 15% of Asian mothers.
Nearly 30% of women who were uninsured and 26% of those covered by Medicaid reported mistreatment during their maternity care compared to 16% of women with private insurance, according to the analysis.
The most common forms of mistreatment reported by survey respondents included receiving no response to requests for help, being shouted at or scolded, having a lack of physical privacy, and being threatened with the withholding of treatment or being coerced into accepting unwanted treatment.
“This report provides evidence that many women are having experiences that are truly unacceptable,” said Dr. Wanda Barfield, director of the CDC’s Division of Reproductive Health in a call with reporters held Tuesday.
In addition, 29% of women surveyed said they experienced at least one form of discrimination during their pregnancy care, with 40% of Black women, 39% of multiracial women, and 37% of Hispanic women reporting such incidents, compared to 26% of white women and 23% of Asian women. The most common reasons for discrimination reported included issues concerning age, weight and income.
“We know mistreatment and discrimination can have a negative impact on the quality of maternity care,” said CDC Chief Medical Office Dr. Debra Houry during a call with reporters.
Houry told the story of Dr. Shalon Irving, an officer within the CDC’s Epidemic Intelligence Service who died in 2017 as a result of high blood pressure three weeks after giving birth.
“As a health care community, we have to do better in providing unbiased and respectful maternity care equally to all mothers,” Houry said.
The report’s findings come at the same time as rising rates of death associated with giving birth in the U.S. The maternal mortality rate increased 89% from 17.4 deaths per 100,000 live birth in 2018 to 32.9 per 100,000 in 2021, according to a March CDC report, with the total number of annual deaths nearly doubling from 658 to 1,205 during that period. And women of color are even worse off than the general population.The maternal mortality rate among Black women increased from 37.3 deaths per 100,000 live births in 2018 to 69.9 per 100,000 in 2021, while the rate among Hispanic women increased by more than two-fold during that same period to 28 deaths per 100,000 live births in 2021, surpassing the rate among white women for the first time.
Houry said health care providers can do more to improve maternity care quality by promoting greater cultural competency and diversity within their clinical workforce, as well as focusing on developing practices that result in all maternity patients receiving an equitable standard of care.
“We know that most pregnancy-related deaths are preventable – more than 80%,” Houry said. “Respectful maternity care can be defined as preventing harm and mistreatment, communicating effectively, and providing equitable and unbiased care.”
。 Australia’s federal government has declared a natural disaster in 23 flooded areas of New South Wales, which will shore up support for emergency funding. Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announced he would be visiting areas that have been damaged by the flooding along with New South Wales Premier Dominic Perrottet on Wednesday.,At least 50,000 people were warned that they may have to abandon their homes on Tuesday after an initial 32,000 were warned of evacuation on Monday, according to Perrottet.,“This event is far from over. Please don’t be complacent, wherever you are. Please be careful when you’re driving on our roads. There is still substantial risk for flash flooding across our state,” Perrottet said.,Scary! ‘Life-threatening’ floods in Australia's Sydney #flood #sydney #australia pic.twitter.com/NfbQcqR8wT— DNA (@dna) July 4, 2022,Rescue crews in Sydney worked overnight as rivers rose to dangerous levels. At least 100 residents in the city had to be rescued from their cars and homes, according to State Emergency Service manager Ashley Sullivan.,Death Toll From Landslides, Floods in India’s Assam Rises to 179 - Photo, Video4 July, 04:44 GMT,The Bureau of Meteorology (BoM) reported that the storm cell—a cloud made up of an updraft, downdraft, and rain—has brought 31.5 inches of rain over the course of three days in the area of Sydney, well above Australia’s annual average of 20 inches.,Just a few days of heavy rain and here’s the result#Sydneyflood pic.twitter.com/12tYwosgzO— V☭der (@El_Psy_Congro0) July 4, 2022,"The good news is that by tomorrow afternoon, it is looking to be mostly dry but, of course, we are reminding people that these floodwaters will remain very high well after the rain has stopped," said Jonathan How, a meteorologist with BoM.,"There was plenty of rainfall overnight and that is actually seeing some rivers peak for a second time. So you've got to take many days, if not a week, to start to see these floodwaters start to recede," How added.,BoM has also predicted that the storm should move north after Tuesday, and a risk of continued flooding could remain in effect. While Australia is not wholly unfamiliar with extreme weather—with stifling hot summers and below freezing areas in high regions—the country is now experiencing a climate crisis that is causing bushfires, high rainfall, heatwaves and loss of vegetation and wildlife.。
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