Black women in the UK are almost three times more likely to die in, or just after, pregnancy than white women. Research by Grace Amedor from @caiuscollege.bsky.social and PDN's Dino Giussani, finds that socio-environmental stressors may sensitise key processes during pregnancy. Find out more 👇
Racism and socioeconomic stress may alter pregnancy biology, leaving black women nearly three times more likely to die | Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience
A new study has found that stresses such as systemic racism and socioeconomic disadvantage may sensitise key processes in the body during pregnancy, helping to explain why black women and their babies...
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