In response to racial health disparities in maternal mortality rates, California passed SB-464 (aka the California Dignity in Pregnancy and Childbirth Act), which mandates implicit bias training for perinatal health care providers. Sarah Garrett joins us to discuss her research on implementation of SB-464 and Linda Jones discusses the need for and importance of this recent legislation.

Futher Reading:

• Summary of the MEND study
• Annie Dade, Building Ant-Racist Capacity with California’s Perinatal Healthcare Providers: Implementation Analysis of CA SB-464, UCSF California Preterm Birth Initiative, 2021.  
• Black Women Birthing Justice 
• Julia Oparah and Alicia Bonaparte, eds., Birthing Justice: Black Women, Pregnancy and Childbirth, Taylor and Francis, 2016.  
• Linda Jones, Julia Chinyere Oparah, Helen Arega, et al., Battling Over Birth, Black Women and the Maternal Health Crisis, Praeclarus Press, 2018. 
• Mothers for Mothers Postpartum Justice Project 
• The Elephant Circle