More than 2,400 women were surveyed about their experiences with pregnancy and delivery care.
Michael and Hannah Carmack welcomed four healthy babies in March 2023 and while the road to delivery wasn't the smoothest, they are just thankful their kids are healthy and here with them.have experienced some degree of mistreatment while in maternity care, according to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention .
Discrimination was also commonly reported by women while they were in maternity care, apparently affecting 29% of women, the report said.Among those who reported experiencing any type of discrimination, 40% were Black, 39% were multiracial and 37% were Hispanic, the CDC reported.Around 45% of women said they opted not to raise concerns or ask questions while in maternity care.
Some of those reasons included being too embarrassed, lacking confidence in their own knowledge, feeling their provider was too rushed and not wanting to be perceived as difficult."Every mother deserves to be treated with dignity and respect," said U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra in the CDC’s announcement.
The CDC has launched its "Hear Her" campaign to raise awareness of these concerns and to assist medical providers andThe CDC reported that the pregnant moms' experiences also varied by insurance status: "Women with no insurance or public insurance reported more mistreatment during maternity care than people with private insurance," the CDC said.
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