African American women are more likely to die from pregnancy-related issues than women of other ethnicities. You can help change that. Apply for NIMD funding to address racial disparities in maternalmortality & morbidity:
In the United States, racial and ethnic minority women face substantially higher rates of pregnancy-related complications and pregnancy-related death compared to Non-Hispanic White women. Specifically, African American and American Indian/Alaska Native women are 2 to 4 times more likely to die from pregnancy-related causes compared to White women.
Furthermore, there has been very little progress in developing, implementing, and evaluating interventions to reduce racial and ethnic disparities in maternal mortality and morbidity. Several state and national initiatives, mainly led by the U.S Department of Health and Human Services, have sought to improve maternal outcomes overall , but few of them target racial and ethnic disparities specifically.
The following types of projects are considered non-responsive to this FOA: projects that do not include severe maternal morbidity variables as outcomes, projects involving data collection on women outside of the United States, projects that are purely qualitative in nature, animal studies, projects that do not address a health disparity, projects that do not include the racial and ethnic minority or rural populations in which the health disparity is experienced, projects that do not provide a...
The impact of quality improvement efforts implemented by state perinatal quality collaboratives on racial and ethnic disparities in state-level maternal mortality and morbidity rates. In addition to the above areas of interest, interests of selected participating Institutes and Centers are summarized below. Applicants are encouraged to contact the Scientific/Research contact at the intended IC to ensure that proposed aims of the project are consistent with IC mission and priorities.Projects are encouraged that encompass multiple domains and multiple levels to understand racial and ethnic disparities in maternal morbidity and mortality .
Provider use of evidence-based culturally appropriate decision aids for risk assessment and informed choice and their effect on racial disparities in maternal mortality and morbidity. Detailed phenotypic assessment of pregnant women using novel or existing culturally sensitive tools to identify symptoms, psychosocial factors or biomarkers that contribute to and predict maternal health disparities
Ancillary studies to clinical research studies, including clinical trials, prospective observational studies, and/or registries to better understand the drivers of disparities in maternal mortality and pregnancy complications;
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