Publication Date
5-1-2022
Keywords
health, women
Volume
2022
Abstract
Although insufficient maternal health care has seen improvements in most developed countries, it is still a rising issue in the United States. This insufficiency may partly be due to the accessibility barriers that both rural and urban women face in reaching adequate care. Additionally, the expenses of maternal care or gender discrimination within medical establishments may dissuade women from seeking the care that they need. Women who receive inadequate care are at a higher risk for maternal mortality, the death of their unborn or newly born infant, and having a low-birth weight child, which comes with many issues of its own. One possible practice to improve maternal care in the United States is to promote midwifery.
Recommended Citation
Zundel, Rebecca Stull
(2022)
"Inadequate Maternal Health Care for Women in the United States,"
Ballard Brief: Vol. 2022:
Iss.
2, Article 10.
Available at:
https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/ballardbrief/vol2022/iss2/10