Perspectives on Race and Medicine in the NICU
| Autor: | Shannon Y. Adams, Beatrice E. Lechner, Tanika White Davis |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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Gerontology
Parents medicine.medical_specialty Students Medical media_common.quotation_subject Health Personnel education Ethnic group Gestational Age Health Services Accessibility Birth rate 03 medical and health sciences Race (biology) 0302 clinical medicine Neonatologists 030225 pediatrics Intensive Care Units Neonatal Infant Mortality medicine Humans Neonatology Healthcare Disparities media_common Quality of Health Care business.industry Infant Newborn Gestational age Infant Cultural Diversity Infant Low Birth Weight Infant mortality Black or African American Low birth weight Pediatrics Perinatology and Child Health Premature Birth medicine.symptom business Diversity (politics) |
| Zdroj: | Pediatrics. 147(3) |
| ISSN: | 1098-4275 |
| Popis: | Current data regarding racial and ethnic disparities in health outcomes of newborns requiring care in an NICU reveal significant differences in quality and access to care that disproportionally affects infants of color, particularly African American infants. These inequalities result in an increased infant mortality rate for Black children and higher preterm birth rates, as well as an increase in deaths due to low birth weight and decreased gestational age. Concurrently, there is emerging research exploring the role of diversity and adequate representation among medical providers in patient outcomes in Black communities. In this editorial, we present commentaries from a medical student, a neonatologist, and a parent of former NICU patients to further explore race in the NICU from different perspectives and understand what can be learned from their experiences about these systemic issues and why representation is a critical component of successful change. |
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