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 HardemanAnna KheyfetsAllison Bryant ManthaAndria CornellJoia Crear-PerryCornelia GravesWilliam GrobmanSascha James-ConterelliCamara JonesBreana LipscombCarla OrtiqueAlison StuebeKaprice WelshElizabeth A HowellPublished in: Maternal and child health journal (2022)
The working group developed three definitions and a list of recommendations for action to help MMRC members provide suggested interventions to adopt when discrimination or racism were contributing factors to a maternal death. The specification of these definitions will allow the systematic tracking of the contribution of racism to maternal mortality through the MMRIA and allow a greater standardization of its identification across participating jurisdictions with MMRCs that use the form.