04/10/2024
Alarming birth facts - and how to be part of the *solution*!
The US has the HIGHEST maternal mortality rate in the developed world (26.4 deaths per 100,000 in the US vs. around 6.2 on average for the developed world).
This rate (though grim) is 3-4X higher for people of color, even when you factor out education and income.
Our cesarean rate is also 3-4X more than what the World Health Organization deems appropriate.
Obviously, we've got a lot of work to do! 💪🏾 💪🏼
This is a complex problem, but {M}otherboard is a part of the solution. Here is what YOU, as a birth worker, can do.
💙 Use Motherboard's trauma-informed, inclusive, and beautifully created tools to educate and empower the parents you work with.
💚 Give a voice to the families you work with via their "Motherboard"/ visual birth plan.
🧡 Help medical providers by streamlining informed choices and giving good info to every family, every time via the iDecide bedside tool.
💛 Assist birth teams in hospitals, homes, and birth centers to efficiently and effectively know about a family's birth preferences via their Motherboards.
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Photo by Maggie Williams.
