Ways Forward in Preventing Severe Maternal Morbidity and Maternal Health Inequities: Conceptual Frameworks, Definitions, and Data, from a Population Health Perspective

Authors

Suzan L. Carmichael, Stanford University
Barbara Abrams, University of California, BerkeleyFollow
Alison El Ayadi, University of California, San Francisco
Can Liu, Stanford University
Henry C. Lee, Stanford University
Deirdre J. Lyell, Stanford University
Audrey Lyndon, New York University
Elliott K. Main, Stanford University
Mahasin Mujahid, University of California, Berkeley
Lu Tian, Stanford University
Jonathan Snowden, OHSU-PSU School of Public HealthFollow

Published In

Women's Health Issues

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

11-2021

Abstract

The objective of this commentary was to call attention to challenges to identifying population-level strategies for preventing SMM and its inequities, and to propose solutions. We focus on challenges to conducting research related to SMM within the U.S. context, although the points raised have broader global applicability. The challenges discussed include 1) the conceptual frameworks used to understand SMM, 2) defining SMM, and 3) the availability of data to assess SMM. By addressing these issues, we aim to advance research and efforts to improve health across the life course for people who give birth.

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Copyright (c) 2021 The Authors

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.whi.2021.11.006

DOI

10.1016/j.whi.2021.11.006

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https://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/37044

Citation Details

Carmichael, S. L., Abrams, B., El Ayadi, A., Lee, H. C., Liu, C., Lyell, D. J., ... & Snowden, J. M. (2021). Ways forward in preventing severe maternal morbidity and maternal health inequities: Conceptual frameworks, definitions, and data, from a population health perspective. Women's Health Issues.