Thread by @Aaliya_UK

The impact of #racism on maternal health & early life #RHOConf22

@LaurieZephyrin

Systemic & structural determinants of health & effect of #intersectionality for women of colour #SDOH

Black mothers more likely to die than white mothers for >100yrs

The five whys as a framework

#RHOConf22 the landscape is changing
@LaurieZephyrin

Imp of community partners, integration of social needs - new opportunities for the #ICS

Introducing panel @TeamCMidO, Dr Daghni Rajasingam, @MumsandTea and @BenashNaz 💙

Take the woman with you & have the will to act

Data obscures the human experience

Strategy based on #ProportionateUniversalism at scale and intensity equal to the level of need

Focus on #racist behaviour and who listens to who @TeamCMidO

@MumsandTea recommends data sets and ethnic coding “what gets measured gets done”

Is there equal & adequate access to maternity care in the #NHS?

What else needs to be done? @BenashNaz @RHOConf22

Multi pronged approach and alignment:

Midwives improve outcomes with continuity & understanding

Cultural competence in education & practice

Data sets & coding

Dr Daghni Rajasingam:

Society doesn’t value women

Society values women of colour even less

70-85% of deaths are AVOIDABLE

Cultural intelligence needs to be a core to education #RHOConf22

HOW we advocate for women matters

Professional culpability

Need to work at pace

Question - how do we ensure #accountability? #RHOConf22

📌 Be a role model & look for role models
📌 Diverse workforce reflecting community
📌 Step into the space of understanding what distress looks like - when a woman of colour comes in, in labour, she may not look flushed!

Change the Eurocentric curriculum AND ⬆️ workforce diversity
@MumsandTea

Hope in the younger generation support frm older women

Health literacy so community can self advocate & ensure accountability

Campaigning should be in the past!

Connectivity & collaboration 🙌🏼#RHOConf22