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
@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
@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”
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
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
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!
📌 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
@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
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