Publications by authors named "Abby Britt"

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Background: Maternal mortality in the United States is a public health crisis and national emergency. Missed or delayed recognition of preventable life-threatening symptoms and untimely treatment of preventable high-risk medical conditions have been cited as key contributors to the nation's worsening mortality rates. Effective strategies are urgently needed to address this maternal health crisis, particularly for Black birthing populations.

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Black individuals are at particularly high risk for birth-related posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms, in part due to a lack of opportunity to lead maternity care decisions. Maternal care providers need evidence-based ways to reduce pregnant persons' risk for birth-related PTSD symptoms despite reduced autonomy in decision making resulting from heightened restrictions on reproductive rights. We investigated whether a potential relation between autonomy in decision making and birth-related PTSD symptoms would be moderated by being mistreated or feeling respected by maternity care providers in a community sample of Black women (N = 52; M = 28.

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Article Synopsis
  • Racial disparities in maternal health outcomes show that unplanned cesarean births are more common among Black and Hispanic individuals compared to white individuals, with rates of 24.1% and 24.7% respectively, while white individuals had a rate of 17.4%.
  • This study analyzed data from healthy pregnant individuals without complications (N=5,095) to explore the association between race/ethnicity and the likelihood of unplanned cesarean births during labor.
  • Findings indicate that white participants had significantly lower odds (0.57 times) of experiencing unplanned cesarean births than Black participants, suggesting that race/ethnicity may influence healthcare decision-making and outcomes during labor.
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