Mortalidade materna de mulheres negras no Brasil

Abstract

Every minute a woman dies in the world due to labor or complications of pregnancy. Maternal mortality is a public health problem in Brazil and affects the country's various regions unequally. Researchers agree that maternal death occurs mainly in women with lower income and less schooling. The racial issue emerges in the midst of socioeconomic issues. The analysis is hampered by the difficulty in understanding Brazil's official classification of race/color, which often impedes recording this information. Various Maternal Mortality Committees are applying the color item and reviewing their data. The current article analyzes various Maternal Mortality Committee reports, showing that the risk of maternal mortality is greater among black women (which encompasses two census categories, negra, or black, and parda, or brown), thus representing a major expression of social inequality. The article concludes with a review of political and technical recommendations to decrease maternal mortality.

Body composition and hypertension: a comparative study involving women from maroon communities and from the general population of Alagoas State, Brazil

“…Some studies have shown that women of African descent are more susceptible to central obesity 11,12 , a condition that is strongly associated with chronic non-communicable diseases, such as hypertension 13 .…”

Direito à saúde, recursos escassos e equidade: os riscos da interpretação judicial dominante

“…A análise das razões de mortalidade materna segundo o quesito cor evidencia que o risco de as mulheres negras morrerem em relação às brancas é maior: 3,7 vezes no estado da Bahia e 8,2 vezes no Paraná. Na média, esse risco aumenta para 18,2 vezes quando são acometidas por hipertensão arterial sistê-mica (Martins, 2006).…”

Unveiling what is said in the colombian public health journals about race and ethnicity

“…Además, los riesgos o los factores de riesgo de ciertas enfermedades no están igualmente distribuidos según la condición ético-racial de las poblaciones; así como tampoco las consecuencias de enfermar o morir. Finalmente, la respuesta social a los problemas de salud de las poblaciones está mediada por lo étnico-racial (Martins, 2006;Pavao, Ploubidis y Werneck, 2012;Williams y Mohammed, 2013 Se trata no solamente de mostrar esas diferencias étnico-raciales sino, además, explicar o identificar los procesos y dinámicas que crean y recrean inequidades en salud debido a la condición étnico-racial. En particular, se trata de mostrar las implicaciones que tienen para la salud individual y colectiva las estructuras racializadas que establecen jerarquías basadas en la noción de raza y etnia.…”