Infant Mortality Summary

Infant Mortality & Social Justice The presentation on Infant mortality and social justice was full of meaningful information on topics that many of us did not know about. Throughout this one hour presentation, the audience lived an amazing experience while learning about Infant mortality, and other related topics. The presentation started off with a video on Kim Anderson, a successful Atlanta lawyer. Through pregnancy, woman must act correctly if they want to have healthy children. Exercising, eating well, and having good prenatal care, all of these were qualities that Kim had throughout her pregnancy. Her kid was expected to be healthy, wise children, coming from a smart and wealthy mother that followed the correct steps trough pregnancy. Unfortunately, Kim’s baby was born 3 months premature, it is very weird for this to happen since Kim followed all the pregnancy steps correctly. Research has proved that race plays a big role in pregnancy. According to the presentation, studies show that nearly 20% of babies born to African American woman are likely to be born prematurely. The infant mortality rate is more than twice as high on a black woman, over a white woman. Also, African American woman are most likely to have a primary C-Section. Throughout the infant mortality & social justice presentation we also learned about midwives. Midwives are like doulas, they go through the pregnancy with the pregnant woman. They take care of the pregnant woman, and protect the health of the baby as well as the mother, before and after birth. Midwives save lives and many women who have had a midwife, say that it is a beautiful way to go through pregnancy. Midwifery is accessible to anyone. Jamarah Amani talked to the audience about many important facts on pregnancy. She spoke about obstetric violence; a form of violence that affects a mother through pregnancy. If someone tells a mother that her body is not going through make it