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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | |
IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY | |
JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2021 | |
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H O U S E R E S O L U T I O N | |
CELEBRATING BLACK MATERNAL HEALTH WEEK ON APRIL 11TH - 17TH, 2021, IN | |
THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | |
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Introduced By: Representatives Cassar, Shekarchi, Blazejewski, Ranglin-Vassell, | |
Date Introduced: April 15, 2021 | |
Referred To: House read and passed | |
1 | WHEREAS, This year marks the fourth annual Black Maternal Health Week which was |
2 | founded and is led by the Black Mamas Matter Alliance. This year’s theme is “Claiming our |
3 | Power, Resilience, and Liberation”; and |
4 | WHEREAS, The campaign is observed across the country in order to raise awareness for |
5 | Black maternal health by enhancing the dialogue, increasing community involvement, and |
6 | promoting solutions, policies, and research; and |
7 | WHEREAS, National severe maternal morbidity (SMM) rates have nearly doubled over |
8 | the past decade, and the incidence of SMM was 166 percent higher for Black women than White |
9 | women from 2012 to 2015; and |
10 | WHEREAS, Currently, very little research exists that examines the root causes of the |
11 | racial disparities in maternal health in the United States; and |
12 | WHEREAS, In order to improve maternal health outcomes for Black women, systemic |
13 | change in maternal health care that ensures that the methods used to address implicit bias and |
14 | racism align with Black women’s needs, values, and preferences and address the ways in which |
15 | health care systems perpetuate inequality is essential; and |
16 | WHEREAS, The Associate Director of the Office of Research on Women's Health stated, |
17 | “Understanding the variations in experiences across socioecological domains between White and |
18 | minority women in the United States is important in developing more effective policies and |
19 | programs to reduce racial disparities in MMM [maternal morbidity and mortality] and, ultimately, |
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1 | save mothers”; now, therefore be it |
2 | RESOLVED, That this House of Representatives of the State of Rhode Island hereby |
3 | celebrates Black Maternal Health Week on April 11th - 17th, 2021, and urges all Rhode Islanders |
4 | to advocate for effective policies, and solutions to eliminate racism, bias, and inequities in |
5 | maternal care; and be it further |
6 | RESOLVED, That the Secretary of State be and hereby is authorized and directed to |
7 | transmit a duly certified copy of this resolution to the Black Mamas Matter Alliance. |
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