Pathways to Equitable and Anti-Racist Maternal Mental Health Care

<p>Systems of oppression like racism, sexism, and classism lead to poor health outcomes. These factors are a source of poor mental health and have particular implications for pregnant and birthing people.</p><p>Black women who face multiple axes of oppression experience higher rates of maternal mental health conditions than the population as a whole. Yet maternal mental health issues among black women are under reported and often under addressed.</p><p>Isabel Morgan, director of the the Birth Equity Research Scholars Program at the<a href="https://birthequity.org/"> National Birth Equity Collaborative</a>, joins <em>A Health Podyssey </em>to discuss the affects of structural racism on black birthing people's mental health and how we can do better.</p><p>Morgan and coauthors published a paper in the October 2021 issue of <em>Health Affairs - </em>which is <a href="https://www.healthaffairs.org/maternal-health-and-perinatal-mental-health">dedicated to the topic of perinatal mental health</a> - describing what they call <a href="https://www.healthaffairs.org/doi/full/10.1377/hlthaff.2021.00808">pathways to equitable and anti-racist maternal mental health care</a>. Through interviews with black maternal and infant mental health individuals, they identify five key pathways.</p><p>Listen to <em>Health Affairs </em>Editor-in-Chief Alan Weil discuss those pathways with Isabel Morgan and other opportunities to improve maternal mental health issues among black women.</p><p>If you like this interview, <a href="https://www.pubservice.com/backissue/subbi.aspx?CO=PJ&amp;PC=HR&amp;BI=HRI&amp;utm_medium=podcast&amp;utm_source=podcast&amp;utm_campaign=october2021issue">order the October Perinatal Mental Health Theme Issue</a>.</p><p>Subscribe: <a href="https://feeds.transistor.fm/a-health-podyssey">RSS</a> | <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a-health-podyssey/id1533852530">Apple Podcasts</a> | <a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/3tAEbXdlzlcgjLTHfJMYqR">Spotify</a> | <a href="https://www.stitcher.com/s?fid