Oxygen Saturation Profiles in Healthy Term Infants in Early Postnatal Life.

Objective: Oxygen saturation profiles generated by pulse oximetry are used as a clinical tool in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). There is limited evidence on normal oxygen saturation profile values in term infants. This study aimed to determine oxygen saturation profiles over an 8-hour monitoring period among healthy term neonates between 24 and 48 hours after birth.

Rethinking Bias to Achieve Maternal Health Equity: Changing Organizations, Not Just Individuals.

In this article, we address the limitations of existing implicit bias interventions as a strategy for achieving maternal health equity. We then focus on how institutionally sanctioned racial stereotyping harms Black maternal health and marginalizes a key group in the fight for health equity-Black physicians. Finally, we provide strategies to address racial bias in perinatal health care and structural barriers impeding Black physicians' success.

High Black infant mortality in Wisconsin: factors associated with the ongoing racial inequity.

Background: Wisconsin has the highest Black infant mortality rate (IMR) in the nation.

Objective: Evaluate factors associated with racial inequity in IMR in Wisconsin.

Study Design: Births/deaths/IMR for Black and White infants from 2011 to 2016 were obtained from the Wisconsin Interactive Statistics on Health system, stratified by gestational age (GA), and compared using direct adjustment method.

More Than a "Number": Perspectives of Prenatal Care Quality from Mothers of Color and Providers.

Introduction: African American mothers and other mothers of historically underserved populations consistently have higher rates of adverse birth outcomes than White mothers. Increasing prenatal care use among these mothers may reduce these disparities. Most prenatal care research focuses on prenatal care adequacy rather than concepts of quality.