Antibias Efforts in United States Maternity Care: A Scoping Review of the Publicly Funded Health Equity Intervention Pipeline

Overview

Journal Clin Obstet Gynecol

Specialty Gynecology & Obstetrics

Date 2022 Dec 30

PMID 36583638

Authors

Sarah B Garrett

Anjali Walia

Fiona Miller

Peggy Tahir

Linda Jones

Julie Harris

Breezy Powell

Brittany Chambers

Melissa A Simon

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Abstract

Antibias training is increasingly identified as a strategy to reduce maternal health disparities. Evidence to guide this work is limited. We conducted a community-guided scoping review to characterize new antibias research. Four of 508 projects met our criteria: US-based, publicly funded, initiated from January 1, 2018 to June 30, 2022, and featuring an intervention to reduce bias or racism in maternal health care providers. Training was embedded in multicomponent interventions in 3 projects, limiting its evaluation as a stand-alone intervention. Major public funders have sponsored few projects to advance antibias training research in maternal health. More support is needed to develop a rigorous and scalable evidence base.

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