Black Pregnancy Health Initiative

For generations, the health care system has undermined the safety of Black women, which has fueled their deep mistrust of health care institutions and, for many, undermined their relationship with maternity care.

Racial bias in pain assessment and treatment recommendations, and false beliefs about biological differences between blacks and whites | PNAS

The Health Consumer Alliance Supports the Black Birthing Community!

With the help of our dedicated partners statewide the HCA supports California's Black birthing community with educational materials and advocacy support to ensure all birthing persons have access to coverage and needed services throughout all phases of their birthing journey.

In the United States mothers and birthing people are dying at the highest rate in the developed world – and the rate is rising. For as dire as the situation is for all women and birthing people, the crisis is most severe for Black women and birthing people, who are 3-4 times more likely to die from pregnancy related causes than their white counterparts across all income and education levels.

Many of these deaths and illnesses are preventable.

The U.S. could avoid about 40% of maternal deaths if all birthing people—regardless of age, race, and zip code—had access to quality health care.

Health Consumer Alliance's Black Pregnancy Health initiative seeks to support Black birthing individuals overcome barriers to obtaining coverage and needed services.

 
HCA