Citation
Niles, P. Mimi; Asiodu, Ifeyinwa V.; Crear-Perry, Joia; Julian, Zoë; Lyndon, Audrey; McLemore, Monica R.; Planey, Arianna Marie; Scott, Karen A.; & Vedam, Saraswathi (2020). Reflecting on Equity in Perinatal Care during a Pandemic. Health Equity, 4(1), 330-333. PMCID: PMC7410286Abstract
Growing discourse around maternity care during the pandemic offers an opportunity to reflect on how this crisis has amplified inequities in health care. We argue that policies upholding the rights of birthing people, and policies decreasing the risk of COVID-19 transmission are not mutually exclusive. The explicit lack of standardization of evidence-based maternity care, whether expressed in clinical protocols or institutional policy, has disproportionately impacted marginalized communities. If these factors remain unexamined, then it would seem that equity is not the priority, but retaining power and control is. We advocate for a comprehensive understanding of how this pandemic has revealed our deepest failures.URL
http://dx.doi.org/10.1089/heq.2020.0022Reference Type
Journal ArticleYear Published
2020Journal Title
Health EquityAuthor(s)
Niles, P. MimiAsiodu, Ifeyinwa V.
Crear-Perry, Joia
Julian, Zoë
Lyndon, Audrey
McLemore, Monica R.
Planey, Arianna Marie
Scott, Karen A.
Vedam, Saraswathi