Inside the ‘imperfect mosaic’: Minority ethnic women’s qualitative experiences of race and ethnicity during pregnancy, childbirth, and maternity care in the United Kingdom

• Published in: BMC public health Vol. 23; no. 1; pp. 2555 - 11
• Main Authors: Silverio, Sergio A., Varman, Nila, Barry, Zenab, Khazaezadeh, Nina, Rajasingam, Daghni, Magee, Laura A., Matthew, Jacqueline
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England BioMed Central Ltd 21.12.2023; BioMed Central; BMC
• Subjects: Childbirth & labor; Cultural factors; Data collection; Discrimination; Equity; Ethnicity; Grounded theory; Health care; Health disparities; Health services; Interviews; Maternal child nursing; Maternal mortality; Maternity care; Medical personnel; Minority & ethnic groups; Obstetrics; Pandemics; Pregnancy; Professional ethics; Qualitative research; Race; Race factors; Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; Systemic racism; Training; Womens health; United Kingdom; United Kingdom > UK; Qualitative research; Women; Equity; Midwifery; The NHS; Health Services Research; Obstetrics; Maternity care; Empowerment; Ethnicity; Discrimination; Grounded theory; Race; Women’s Health; Interviews

Persistent, high rates of maternal mortality amongst ethnic minorities is one of the UK's starkest examples of racial disparity. With greater risks of adverse outcomes during maternity care, ethnic minority women are subjected to embedded, structural and systemic discrimination throughout the h...