20-Minute Health Talk
20-Minute Health Talk
Northwell Health
Pregnant while Black: A conversation with Dr. Monique Rainford
16 minutes Posted Apr 27, 2023 at 10:00 am.
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On this episode, Sandra Lindsay speaks with Monique Rainford, MD, about her new book, "Pregnant While Black: Advancing Justice for Maternal Health in America." The Yale Medicine OB-GYN discusses the role implicit bias and institutional racism play in the birthing experience for Black women in the United States. She offers strategies to reduce maternal mortality rates, which are three times higher for Black women than their white peers. 

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