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Black maternal health is about more than survival – it’s about thriving | Venice Haynes

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84% Informative
To be Black, pregnant and hopeful in the US is to hold on to life with a fierce grip against devastating odds.
Black women are navigating pregnancies in a healthcare system that too often ignores our pain, dismisses our concerns, fails to value our lives and underserves us throughout the entire journey to motherhood.
VR Score
81
Informative language
79
Neutral language
55
Article tone
informal
Language
English
Language complexity
66
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not offensive
Hate speech
not hateful
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Known propaganda techniques
not detected
Time-value
medium-lived
External references
13
https://www.shadesofblueproject.org/https://unitedstatesofcare.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Trends-in-MCH-Bright-Spots.pdfhttps://www.mdpi.com/2075-4698/12/1/28https://blkmaternalhealthweek.com/https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2806661https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9903913/#:~:text=Findings,among%20women%20born%20after%201980.https://www.mavenclinic.com/https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S2589933323000691https://www.axios.com/2025/02/06/black-maternal-mortality-rate-cdc-charthttps://culturecareconnection.org/cultural-responsiveness/https://www.pomelocare.com/https://irthapp.com/https://100weeks.unitedstatesofcare.org/p/2
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