black mothers

Black Maternal Health Week is held each April, raising awareness of inequities in health care and campaigning for collective action supporting Black families.In 2005, Delaware had the sixth highest infant mortality rate in the nation, with a disproportionate number affecting Black and brown children. Those rates declined in 2009 after several statewide and grassroots efforts to care for marginalized families.That decline continues, but Black Delawareans are still more at risk during pregnancy and postpartum than white Delawareans.Delaware Public Media’s Abigail Lee sat down with Family Health Systems Section Chief Leah Jones and Black Mothers in Power Founder Shané Darby to talk about Black maternal health in Delaware and grassroots efforts to protect First State families.

As Black Maternal Health Week wraps up, Delaware lawmakers discuss upcoming legislation on a state and federal level to address health care disparities.

Black and Native American women are two to three times more likely to die from pregnancy-related causes than white women, according to the national…