The World Health Organization recently reported a global decline in the maternal mortality rate over the past 20 years—but pregnancy related deaths in the United States more than doubled across the same two decades. Why is motherhood such a precarious state in a prosperous country like ours?
Author: Sarah Kye Price
Sarah Kye Price, PhD, MSW, MS, Mdiv, is a Professor and Associate Dean for Faculty Development in the School of Social Work at Virginia Commonwealth University. Her work focuses on bereavement and loss related to pregnancy and childbearing, as well as on mental health promotion for women from low-income communities that are disproportionately affected by fetal and infant mortality.