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Midwives’ and Other Perinatal Health Workers’ Perceptions of the Black Maternal Mortality Crisis in the United States

dc.contributor.authorCraft-Blacksheare, Melva
dc.contributor.authorKahn, Peggy
dc.date.accessioned2023-03-03T21:11:10Z
dc.date.available2024-02-03 16:11:09en
dc.date.available2023-03-03T21:11:10Z
dc.date.issued2023-01
dc.identifier.citationCraft-Blacksheare, Melva ; Kahn, Peggy (2023). "Midwives- and Other Perinatal Health Workers- Perceptions of the Black Maternal Mortality Crisis in the United States." Journal of Midwifery & Women’s Health 68(1): 62-70.
dc.identifier.issn1526-9523
dc.identifier.issn1542-2011
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/175945
dc.publisherSage Publications
dc.publisherWiley Periodicals, Inc.
dc.subject.otherrace
dc.subject.othersocial determinants of health
dc.subject.othermidwives
dc.subject.otherBlack maternal mortality
dc.titleMidwives’ and Other Perinatal Health Workers’ Perceptions of the Black Maternal Mortality Crisis in the United States
dc.typeArticle
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dc.subject.hlbsecondlevelNursing
dc.subject.hlbtoplevelHealth Sciences
dc.description.peerreviewedPeer Reviewed
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dc.description.bitstreamurlhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/175945/2/jmwh13433.pdf
dc.identifier.doi10.1111/jmwh.13433
dc.identifier.sourceJournal of Midwifery & Women’s Health
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