Black mothers & childbirth: A reproductive Sankofa (23 September 2019)

Summary

A recording of the conference from Midwifery Conversation on ‘action to reduce the disparate deaths and damage to Black mothers and babies in England.'

Content

The Midwifery Conversations conference features Professor Dorothy Roberts (author of Killing the Black Body) and Midwife Jennie Joseph (creator of The JJ Way). The purpose of the conference was to:

•  raise awareness of social, economic, political and environmental factors that influence maternal and perinatal mortality in black women in the UK.
• exchange knowledge regarding midwifery practice from projects which have achieved reduction in maternal and perinatal mortality; in particular the most vulnerable groups.
• examine how midwifery practice can be improved 
• enable the voices and experiences of black women service users to be heard.
• begin the work of realising and embedding the factors which will cause a step change in maternity outcomes for black mothers and babies.