Developing Measures of Structural and Institutional Racism in US Health Care for Black Birthing People, A Pilot Study

August 2023 - May 2024

The Commonwealth Fund

With our partners at the Universities of Pittsburgh and Minnesota, we are looking to understand the elements of structural and institutional racism that are significant in the lived experiences of Black birthing people. This qualitative research will contribute to the long-term goal of developing a population-level database of measures of structural and institutional racism informed by the lived experience of Black women of reproductive age across the country.

Healthy Start supports this project with recruitment and equips community members who hold lived experience to join the project as research investigators.