Babylost : : Racism, Survival, and the Quiet Politics of Infant Mortality, from A to Z / / Monica J. Casper.
The U.S. infant mortality rate is among the highest in the industrialized world, and Black babies are far more likely than white babies to die in their first year of life. Maternal mortality rates are also very high. Though the infant mortality rate overall has improved over the past century with pu...
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Casper, Monica J., author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut Babylost : Racism, Survival, and the Quiet Politics of Infant Mortality, from A to Z / Monica J. Casper. New Brunswick, NJ : Rutgers University Press, [2022] ©2021 1 online resource (269 p.) : 20 b&w photographs text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- Introduction -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Y -- Z -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Index restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star The U.S. infant mortality rate is among the highest in the industrialized world, and Black babies are far more likely than white babies to die in their first year of life. Maternal mortality rates are also very high. Though the infant mortality rate overall has improved over the past century with public health interventions, racial disparities have not. Racism, poverty, lack of access to health care, and other causes of death have been identified, but not yet adequately addressed. The tragedy is twofold: it is undoubtedly tragic that babies die in their first year of life, and it is both tragic and unacceptable that most of these deaths are preventable. Despite the urgency of the problem, there has been little public discussion of infant loss. The question this book takes up is not why babies die; we already have many answers to this question. It is, rather, who cares that babies, mostly but not only Black and Native American babies, are dying before their first birthdays? More importantly, what are we willing to do about it? This book tracks social and cultural dimensions of infant death through 58 alphabetical entries, from Absence to ZIP Code. It centers women’s loss and grief, while also drawing attention to dimensions of infant death not often examined. It is simultaneously a sociological study of infant death, an archive of loss and grief, and a clarion call for social change. Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. In English. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 25. Jun 2024) African American infants Health and hygiene. Discrimination in medical care United States. Indian infants Health and hygiene United States. Infants Mortality United States. Maternal and infant welfare United States. Maternal health services United States. Racism Health aspects United States. SOCIAL SCIENCE / General. bisacsh infant mortality, infant, mortality rate, Black babies, African American, maternal mortality, maternal health, Baby health, public health, health interventions, race, racial disparities, racism, equity, poverty, access, lack of access, access to health care, healthcare, death, babies die, preventable death, infant loss, why babies die, Native American, loss, grief, sociology, sociological, social change, abuse, Angel Babies, bereavement, bereavement support, breastfeeding, children's rights, Congressional Black Caucus, disability, doula, Epigenetics, birth, birth rates, baby, black baby, African American baby, survival, socioeconomic, poor families, pregnancy, motherhood, prenatal. Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2022 English 9783110993899 Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2022 9783110994810 ZDB-23-DGG Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE Literary, Cultural, Area Studies 2022 English 9783110993752 Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE Literary, Cultural, Area Studies 2022 9783110993738 ZDB-23-DKU Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Rutgers University Press Complete eBook-Package 2021 9783110739138 https://doi.org/10.36019/9781978825987?locatt=mode:legacy https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781978825987 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9781978825987/original |
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