Pregnancy and Postpartum Challenges During COVID-19 for African-African Women.
J Natl Black Nurses Assoc
; 31(2): 15-24, 2020 Dec.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1092202
ABSTRACT
The purpose of this article is to discern and examine causative factors that are likely to influence the higher consequences of health disparities experienced by pregnant and postpartum African-American women with COVID-19. Although understudied, pregnancy in the presence of COVID-19 increases the risk for illness severity. Data suggest that pregnant women with COVID-19 are more likely to be hospitalized, to be admitted to the intensive care unit, and to require life support. Similarly, COVID-19 poses significant challenges to maternal and obstetric care during the postpartum recovery period. African- American women bear a disproportionately higher morbidity and mortality burden for diseases such as diabetes, obesity, and hypertension. Pre-existing chronic health conditions may place pregnant and postpartum women at a higher risk for developing severe health consequences from COVID-19 before, during, and after delivery. In addition, social determinants of health are hypothesized to modulate the deleterious impact of COVID-19 among pregnant and postpartum African-American women.
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Collection:
International databases
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Black or African American
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COVID-19
Type of study:
Experimental Studies
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Prognostic study
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Qualitative research
Limits:
Female
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Humans
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Pregnancy
Language:
English
Journal:
J Natl Black Nurses Assoc
Journal subject:
Social Sciences
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Nursing
Year:
2020
Document Type:
Article
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