'This study is important because persistent racial disparities in maternal morbidity and mortality are of public health significance,' one study author said.
that hiring more nurses of color may help address"racial and ethnic disparities in maternal health outcomes" and improve maternal health.American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology
“The more racially and ethnically diverse the nurse workforce is, the better maternal health outcomes are,” said Guohua Li, a study author and professor of epidemiology and anesthesiology at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health. “This finding holds up for white mothers as well as for mothers of color.”
“This study is important because persistent racial disparities in maternal morbidity and mortality are of public health significance and because health care workforce diversity is amendable to policy interventions,” Li said.
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