Mothers said health care providers shouted at or scolded them, ignored requests for help or threatened that their treatment would be withheld, a new study found.
One in five U.S. mothers reported mistreatment while receiving maternity care with their most recent pregnancy, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported in a new study.
People are also reading… “What seems particularly shocking is that, in the pregnancy and postpartum period, it really is a time when women should receive respectful care,” said Dr. Wanda Barfield, director of the CDC’s Division of Reproductive Health. “I mean, everyone should receive respectful care, but it just seems like, particularly at this time, it’s so important.”
“We know that poor treatment of mothers is a significant predictor of poor outcomes during the childbearing process, during labor, and even can influence the health of the infant, especially in when they’re in the first year of life,” said Shane Fernando, a clinical epidemiologist in the Texas College of Medicine’s Department of Pediatrics and Women’s Health.
The study surveyed just over 2,400 mothers, the majority of whom were White. Black people make up nearly 14% of the U.S. population but represented only about 11% of study participants. Hispanic people represent 19% of the U.S. population, but only 10% of study participants. Mothers who had no insurance or public insurance experienced mistreatment at rates about 10% higher than mothers with private insurance. This is particularly alarming when considering the state of Texas, which has the highest rate of uninsurance in the country.
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