WORK
WORK WITH
WORK WITH ALL OF THEM WITH YOU VERIFY IMAG GREGORY INCOLORADO AND ACROSS THE COUNTRY THERE IS
A CLEAR DISPARITY WHEN IT COMES
TO HEALTH CARE FOR WOMEN
OF COLOR AND THEIR INFANTS ON
THIS BLACK MATERNAL HEALTH WEEK
WE WANT TO HELP RAISE AWARENESS
ABOUT THAT DISPARITY.
IT'S SOMETHING WE'VE TALKED TO
BEFORE NINE SSUES IN THE PAST
SEVERAL MONTHS ACCORDING TO
DATA FROM THE STATE HEALTH
DEPARTMENT IN TWENTY NINETEEN
BLACK BABIES INCOLORADO ARE
MORE THAN THREE AND A HALF
TIMES AS LIKELY TO DIE BEFORE
REACHING ONE YEAR OF AGE AND
THE ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN
MEDICAL COLLEGES REPORTS BLACK
MOTHERS ARE OFTEN DENIED PAIN
MEDICATION OR DISREGARD IT WHEN
TELLING MEDICAL PROVIDERS ABOUT
THEIR PAIN TODAY WE ARE JOINED
BY DR. DANA ROPER, ONE OF THE
FEW BLACK DOCTORS IN OUR STATES
SSUES NUGGS IN IN DENVER.
DR OFTP OR THANKS FOR BEING
WITH US .
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
SO YOU HEAR THOSE STATS I'M
CURIOUS ABOUT WHAT YOU THINK
OBVIOUSLY YOU KNOW ABOUT THEM
BUT WHAT DO YOU THINK WHEN YOU
HEAR THAT?
WELL, I THINK IT'S REALLY QUITE
DISCOURAGING AND IT'S SOMETHING
THAT WE REALLY NEED TO TAKE
MORE SERIOUSLY AND BE MORE
DELIBERATIVE IN OUR CARE FOR
PATIENTS ESPECIALLY WOMEN
OF COLOR.
WE DO SEE A DOUBLING RATE
INFANT MORTALITY IN
AFRICAN-AMERICAN INFANTS DEATHS
PRIOR TO THE FIRST YEAR OF LIFE
AND THAT'S A DIRECT RESULT FROM
MOTHERS NOT GETTING THE CARE
THAT THEY NEED, ESPECIALLY
AFRICAN-AMERICAN MOTHERS.
AND WHEN WE TALK ABOUT
MOTHERHOOD IT IS SO HARD AND
JUST GOING THROUGH THAT
PREGNANCY YOU NEED SOMEONE TO
GO THROUGH EVERYTHING, MAKE
SURE EVERYTHING'S OK BUT ALSO
CHECK IN ON YOU AND YOUR BABY
IN THAT FIRST YEAR OF LIFE.
WE DO.
THAT'S CORRECT.
WE NEED GREAT PRENATAL
CARE WHICH I DO THINK THAT
INCOLORADO WE DO OFFER AND WE
ARE GREAT PHYSICIANS INCOLORADO
WHO DELIVER GREAT CARE FOR
PREGNANT MOTHERS BUT WE STILL
DO SEE AN INCREASED RISK FOR
WOMEN OF COLOR.
WE SEE INCREASED RATES
OF HEMORRHAGE WHICH IS ONE
OF THE LARGEST KILLERS FOR
MOTHERS IN GENERAL AND
ESPECIALLY WOMEN OF COLOR.
WE SEE INCREASED RISK FOR
INFECTION AND THAT'S TYPICALLY
AFTER THE BIRTH OF THE BABY AND
WE SEE INCREASED RISK FOR
HYPERTENSIVE DISEASE IN
ADDITION TO ALL THE OTHER
MORBIDITY THAT CAN AFFECT A MOM
PRIOR TO GETTING PREGNANCY,
OBESITY AND DIABETES AND LONG
STANDING UNTREATED HYPERTENSIVE
DISEASE WHICH WE TEND TO SEE
MORE OF THAT IN OUR
AFRICAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITY AND
I BELIEVE THAT'S A DIRECT
RESULT OF ACCESS TO CARE ,
IMPLICIT BIAS, RACISM AND ALSO
JUST SOMEWHAT CONCERNS WITH
TRUSTING THE HEALTH
CARE PROFESSIONALS.
YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.
WE NEED MORE DOCTORS THAT LOOK
LIKE YOU SO WHY CAN'T THIS WEEK
TO RAISE AWARENESS ABOUT THIS
ISSUE?
WELL, WE JUST WE NOW WITH
THE ADVENT OF THE INTERNET,
INSTAGRAM, FACEBOOK, A LOT
OF THESE STORIES ARE NOW BEING
SHARED WHERE THEY USED TO BE
ISOLATED.
WE DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT THEM.
NOW WE SEE MORE AND MORE
STORIES THAT ARE BEING
BROADCASTED ABOUT YOUNG WOMEN
WHO ARE DYING IN LEYBA AND
DYING AFTER TO GIVE BIRTH TO
THEIR BABIES OR THEIR BABIES
BEING DELIVERED PRETERM FROM
SOME COMORBIDITY THAT
THE MOTHER HAD AND THEIR
INFANTS ARE DYING PRIOR TO THAT
FIRST YEAR.
SO I THINK WE REALLY HAVE TO
PAY ATTENTION TO OUR PATIENTS.
WE HAVE TO ENCOURAGE THEM TO
COME IN.
WE HAVE TO BE DILIGENT OR
CARE CONSERVATIVE MANAGEMENT IN
CARING FOR THEM AND LETTING
THEM KNOW THAT THEY HAVE
RESOURCES.
WE HAVE GREAT RESOURCES NOW FOR
MENTAL HEALTH CARE .
WE HAVE GREAT RESOURCES FOR
MATERNAL HELP FOR HIGH RISK
PREGNANCIES WHICH I TAKE
CARE OF A LOT OF HIGH RISK
PREGNANCIES.
WE TEND TO SEE YOUNG WOMEN WHO
HAVE SSUES WITH FIBROIDS WHO
ARE NOT BEING ADDRESSED PRIOR
TO PREGNANCY, HYPERTENSIVE
DISEASE, BLEEDING DISORDERS.
THERE'S JUST AN ARRAY
OF ELEMENTS THAT COULD BE
ADDRESSED PRIOR TO PREGNANCY TO
HOPEFULLY END UP WITH A
HEALTHIER PREGNANCY AND A
HEALTHY BEING.
WHAT WE WANT DR. REPPENHAGEN,
WE HOPE THIS NEWS CONTINUES TO
SPREAD LIKE YOU SAID THROUGH
SOCIAL MEDIA CHANNELS SO