Prenatal Health Care among Low-Income Minority Women

Two-thirds of infants die in 1 month after birth because of low birth weight (Lia-Hoagberg et al., 1990). One reason for this result is mainly because it is difficult to receive prenatal care. Prenatal care includes women's health before and after childbirth, and supports the healthy lifestyle of mothers, fetuses, and / or babies. This form of care, along with education, risk assessment, treatment of complications and monitoring of fetal growth, plays an important role in preventing adverse births such as preterm birth, low birth weight, and infant mortality ( McKenzie, Pinger, & Kotecki, 2012). )

Adequate prenatal care is defined as consisting of at least 6 visits with healthcare workers Studies in Manitoba suggest that indigenous women are not receiving adequate prenatal care for non-indigenous women I found that the possibility of 5 times is high. .2 Inadequate risk factors Prenatal care includes low family income, high unemployment rate, low educational background, single parent family, immigration status, smoking pregnant, and indigenous resident status 3. Therefore, it is necessary to consider obstacles to receive appropriate prenatal care. It relates to economic, cultural, social, attitude, geographical, or service availability. Another important consideration is the assessment of indigenous women's expectations for birth care providers. Prenatal vitamins and other medications needed during the prenatal period are offered by NIHB for indigenous people and Inuit in the state

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Since insurance covers the US health care system, income forms the type of prenatal medical treatment the women take. The prenatal medical contract varies depending on whether women receive medical treatment under private insurance or Medicaid under the low-income health care system regulated by government funds. 81 Race differences, in terms of access and mother's health quality Especially important. Compared with Caucasian women, African-American women are 3 to 4 times more likely to die due to pregnancy-related causes 82. In 2008, the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Allocracy Discriminated on Women's Sexual and Reproductive Health Recognizing the wide variety of ethnic differences, the US government is improving access to female reproductive and sexual health 83.

The national policy limits the "Affordable Medical Law" (ACA) to the purpose of low-income groups and ethnic minority groups, so it loses efforts to improve the health of black women. In states with many black populations, expanding the Medicaid program is an important step in improving the health of black women and using medical services. Ask your state to extend eligibility for all Medicaid services to those who earn up to 138% of the poverty line (As of July 2016, 31 states made this change It is. In Guizhou you need to expand Medicaid's family planning program and purchase healthcare for themselves and their families. One way ACA can benefit from lower coverage or higher risk population from a better coverage is to increase the number of healthy, high-income earners of purchased goods.