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Maternity wards are shuttering across the US during the pandemic
Title (Dublin Core)
Maternity wards are shuttering across the US during the pandemic
Description (Dublin Core)
This is a news story from Vox, written by Dylan Scott. Across the nation, maternity wards have been shutting down, making things more dangerous for new mothers. Due to these closures, there has been an increased number in deaths of both infants and pregnant women. These losses of maternity wards have been harshest on those of low income, as well as Black and Hispanic women. Part of these closures have happened due to shortages of doctors, nurses, and other hospital staff during the pandemic. The closure of more maternity wards also means women having to travel further to get the care they need. The timing makes this even more difficult during labor, as complications can happen during that, increasing chances of death. Overall, this article shows the ways that the ripple effects from COVID not only affect the mortality rates of mothers and babies, but disproportionately hurt poor, Black, and Hispanic women.
Date (Dublin Core)
March 7, 2022
Creator (Dublin Core)
Dylan Scott
Event Identifier (Dublin Core)
HST580
Partner (Dublin Core)
Arizona State University
Type (Dublin Core)
Text story
Link (Bibliographic Ontology)
Publisher (Dublin Core)
Vox
Controlled Vocabulary (Dublin Core)
English
Healthcare
English
Labor
English
Public Health & Hospitals
Curator's Tags (Omeka Classic)
motherhood
doctors
nurses
Black
Hispanic
closure
birth
Contributor's Tags (a true folksonomy) (Friend of a Friend)
social issue
motherhood
healthcare
race
socioeconomic status
Black
Hispanic
children
infant
death
mortality rate
Collection (Dublin Core)
Healthcare
Linked Data (Dublin Core)
Date Submitted (Dublin Core)
04/05/2022
Date Modified (Dublin Core)
04/06/2022
04/07/2022
08/02/2022
Date Created (Dublin Core)
03/07/2022
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This item was submitted on April 5, 2022 by [anonymous user] using the form “Share Your Story” on the site “A Journal of the Plague Year”: https://covid-19archive.org/s/archive
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