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This scoping review aims to explore the factors associated with the access, utilization, and experiences of labor and delivery (L&D) care services among Black women in the US.

This study aimed to examine the associations between detailed maternal nativity (DMN) and two labor and delivery (L&D) characteristics among US-born, Latin American and Caribbean-born, and SSA-born Black women in the US.

“We’re stuck in the Stone Age when it comes to the licensing and midwifery.” - Ndidiamaka Amutah-Onukagha, PhD, MPH, CHES

Access to quality care, nutritional guidance, and extended insurance coverage are essential to improve the current state of maternal health in Black women.

Our rate of severe pregnancy complications has doubled , making passage of pending legislation all the more crucial

Ndidiamaka Amutah-Onukagha will bring decades of research on maternal health inequities as experienced by Black women, centering on equity for all birthing people, to the advisory committee that advises the U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services

‘It’s not because we’re Black that we’re dying. It’s because of environmental racism’

Dr. Amutah-Onukagha noted that: Historically, women of color have disproportionately experienced reproductive injustices exacerbated by medical bias, unequal distribution of resources, and a lack of consistent, timely prenatal care and obstetrics.

The Center for Black Maternal Health and Reproductive Justice at Tufts University School of Medicine Hosts Innovators, Health Advocates, Practitioners, and Policy Makers to Advance Maternal Health Equity. Announces 8th Annual Conference Focused on the Rol