Racially concordant care is associated with better health outcomes, but more than 90% of midwives are white. Expanding and diversifying the midwife workforce could help bridge maternal health disparities and reduce maternal mortality rates.
We talk to , reporter with our partners at STAT, the health and medicine publication, about the obstacles in the way of a more diverse midwife workforce.
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