Maternal Mortality – Black American Mothers
This assignment will highlight conscious and unconscious bias among health care providers which impact low income and communities of color. Additionally, how these inequities negatively influence families when accessing case management.
First please:
1. Read journal articles; Hoffman (2016), Racial bias in pain assessment and treatment recommendations and false belief about biological differences between blacks and whites and Petersen et al. (2019), which highlights quantitative pregnancy disparities and Quinn, racial and ethnic disparities.
2. Listen to podcast NPR, Maternal Mortality (12 minutes).
3. Review the CDC Mortality report for a frame of reference (Petersen, 2019).
Please write an essay which includes the following questions, use APA format when citing resources. Minimum/Maximum 4-5 pages (not including title page or reference page).
Questions in an essay format:
1. As social workers, we are encouraged to promote the “personal agency” of the client. Using an ecological theory lens or systems theory lens, how does structural racism within systems (i.e., hospitals and clinics) create and reproduce power differentials, discourage cultural respect within the community, and disempower mothers from advocating for themselves? How do case mangers play a role? How does insurance or poverty play a role?
2. How does the federal law enacted in 2018, Preventing Maternal Deaths Act, require institutions to use “evidence based practice” treatments when addressing this population?
3. Name at least 3 strategies or “your call to action” as a social worker if this was happening in your health clinic or in your community hospital.
The paper should include in-text citations and a bibliography according to APA format.
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Fundamentals of Case Management Practice by
This book/workbook is a step-by-step guide through the case management process, from intake and assessment to referrals and termination. The fifth edition focuses on what is most important for readers to consider, document, and pass along in each step of the human services process. Chapters walk readers through each step of the case management process, while realistic exercises drawn from active professionals expose readers to a broad range of true-to-life circumstances and difficulties.
APA 7th ed. citation for the edition on Reserve:
References page:
Summers, N. (2016). Fundamentals of case management practice: Skills for the human services (5th ed.). Cengage.
If using another edition, update the year and edition number in the citation above.
In-Text citations:
Paraphrase: (Summers, 2016)
Narrative: Summers (2016)...
Direct Quote example: (Summers, 2016, p. 134) *(use page number for direct quotes)
References Citation:
Martin, N. & Montagne, R. (Hosts). (2017, December 7). Black Mothers Keep Dying After Giving Birth. Shalon Irving's Story Explains Why. [Audio Podcast Episode]. In All Things Considered. NPR WNYC. https://www.npr.org/2017/12/07/568948782/black-mothers-keep-dying-after-giving-birth-shalon-irvings-story-explains-why
In-text citation:
Paraphrase: (Martin & Montagne, 2017)
Narrative: Martin and Montagne (2017)...
Direct Quote example: (Martin & Montagne, 2017, 4:15) *use timestamp for quoted audio.
APA 7th ed. citation:
References:
Preventing Maternal Deaths Act of 2018, 42 U.S.C. 247b-12 (2018). https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/PLAW-115publ344/pdf/PLAW-115publ344.pdf
In text citation: (Preventing Maternal Deaths Act, 2018)
