Maternal health expert on why racial disparities persist, and the push for better data
A recent report highlights the mental health challenges faced by mothers during childbirth, particularly among racialized women. Cheyenne Scarlett, co-founder of the Black Birth Project, emphasizes the need for better maternal health care for Black women in Canada. She discusses the negative experiences and biases that racialized women encounter in the healthcare system, which can lead to trauma during childbirth.
- ▪Almost half of women report that childbirth affected their mental health.
- ▪Thirty-seven percent of women from visible minorities described their delivery as challenging or distressing.
- ▪Racialized women often face dismissal and negative treatment from healthcare providers.
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Open this photo in gallery:Cheyenne Scarlett is co-founder of the Black Birth Project, which seeks to improve maternal health for Black women in Canada.Ebti Nabag/The Globe and MailShareSave for laterPlease log in to bookmark this story.Log InCreate Free AccountChildbirth can be a traumatic experience for some mothers, as a new report earlier this month outlines, with almost half of women saying that it had affected their mental health – and one in three feeling that their pain and anxiety had been ignored or dismissed by health care providers.For racialized women, the figures are even more concerning.
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