To learn more about CDC’s maternal mortality prevention efforts and explore assessment and surveillance resources, visit https://www.cdc.gov/reproductivehealth/maternal-mortality/index.html
The What and The Why:
- Maternal Mortality Among American Indian/Alaska Native Women: A Scoping Review by Heck JL et al.
- Severe Maternal Morbidity and Mortality Among Indigenous Women in the United States by Kozhimannil KB and Interrante JD
Causes:
- Innovations in U.S. Health Care Delivery to Reduce Disparities in Maternal Mortality Among African American and American Indian/Alaskan Native Women by Reddy S et al.
- Racialization as a Barrier to Achieving Health Equity for Native Americans by Gampa V et al.
Articles on equity:
- Native Americans: A Crisis in Health Equity by Smith, M
- Defining Indigenous health equity
- Indigenous Health Equity by Echo-Hawk A
- Native Americans Feel Invisible In U.S. Health Care System by Whitney, E
 Maternal Mortality and Morbidity in Indian Country Indian Health Service |
 American Indian and Alaska Native Women’s Maternal Health: Addressing the Crisis National Partnership for Women and Families |
Podcasts
 Healthy Navajo K’é (Podcast) by Diné College and Northern Arizona University (2019) |
 Indigenous ‘helpers’ train to combat high maternal mortality rates by PBS News Hour (2020) |
Documentaries
| Native Generations by Urban Indian Health Institute (2013) |
Prenatal Care Access & Quality
Prenatal Care & American Indians
Albuquerque Area Southwest Tribal Epidemiology Center
