Maternal mortality

Question 1

Maternal death?

Answer 1

death of a woman while pregnant w/in 42 days of the end of a pregnancy, from any cause related to or aggravated by the pregnancy or management but not from accidental causes

Question 2

Maternal mortality ratio?

Answer 2

# of maternal deaths per 100,000 live births
-abbreviated to MMR

Question 3

Pregnancy related death?

Answer 3

like maternal death but up to 1 year after end of pregnancy

Question 4

Pregnancy related death ratio?

Answer 4

of pregnancy related death per 100,000 live births

Question 5

In the U.S., what was the year maternal deaths were first reported?

Answer 5

1933

Question 6

What is severe maternal morbidity?

Answer 6

when a woman nearly dies but survives a complication that occurred during pregnancy childbirth, or w/in 42 days of termination of pregnancy
-affects 60,000 women per year

Question 7

What is maternal mortality review committee?

Answer 7

A committee to understand what factors leads to maternal mortality and what intervention can be taken to prevent it

Question 8

What is the leading cause of maternal death?

Answer 8

Cardiovascular conditions

• accounted for 1/3 of all pregnancy related deaths between 2011-2016
• many factors including maternal age, existing chronic medical conditions, pre-pregnancy obesity

Question 9

How much more are Native/Black woman likely to die from maternal mortality?

Answer 9

2-3x

Question 10

What race has had the highest maternal mortality rate?

Answer 10

Black/African-American

Question 11

Conceptual model of disparities in birth outcomes

Answer 11

Burris and Hacker, 2018***

Question 12

What is hospital segregation?

Answer 12

Women of racial and ethnic minority are deliver in different and lower quality hospitals than white women

Question 13

What are home visitors?

Answer 13

Nurses, social workers