Jacob Marshall
Assignment: Concept paper
EN100
June 9, 2010
Prof. Muhammad
Disparity infant mortality Rate
According to the Central Intelligence Agency, “the number of deaths of infants under one year old in a given year per 1,000 live births in the same year”, is how one would define the infant mortality rate. The infant mortality rate is more than just a statistic. Dr. Chance, Professor with the Faculty of Medicine, says “the infant mortality rate (IMR) is regarded as an important indicator of population health in a country. It is associated with several health determinants, such as maternal health, access to high-quality health care and socioeconomic well-being”. The disparity in the infant mortality rate is how much the difference from one group’s rate to another group’s rate. The difference could be a vast assortment of things, but for this essay will focus on three factors, which are race, socioeconomic status, and education.
Franklin Goza, head of the department of Sociology at Bowling Green State University states “The most important conclusion . . . is that in spite of some very remarkable declines in infant mortality at all class levels since 1960, there continues to be a very clear and pronounced inverse association between income status and infant mortality”. This shows that the less money a person has the more likely hood that they will have a child perish within the first year of life. Having money helps provide for pre and post natal care. Also, when a family has money they are more likely to have the ability to purchase healthy foods and live in an environment that would not be as harmful as the inner city. Goza says it best, “in a society where income inequality has been increasing and where numerous social programs are being cut back this represents an especially difficult challenge, but it is a challenge that must be met if we are ever to achieve greater parity in infant mortality across income lines”.
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There has been a correlation between the economic status and high IMR; however, according to Kristine Siefert, a social work professor, “We used to think that poverty alone explained why black women have worse birth outcomes, but middle-class black women still have worse outcomes than white women of the same income level and background.” Seifert has studied topics like this since 1979 and she, “says the issue has been around long before she got involved.” Siefert states, “It goes back to the early 1900’s.” In a 1925 American Journal of Hygiene article pointing out racial disparities, “’Negroes’ had a predisposition towards infant mortality.” The disparity in this subject has been ongoing for more than a century. “There are huge disparities between people of color and whites. Why this has been allowed to persist is a very important question…”
The continuation of the vast difference in IMR between black and white babies is still alive. University of Michigan researchers found through a three year study that, ”. . . twice as many black babies die before their first birthdays.” It may be due to the attitude that a percentage of black women have about going to the doctor. U of M researchers say, “Only 75 percent of black women seek prenatal care, compared to 89 percent of white women.” Researchers at the Northern New Jersey Maternal Child Health Consortium, a women and children’s health nonprofit group, found that, “Many black women don’t visit the doctor because they feel clinicians regard their lifestyles as risky and their questions as stupid.” Ilise Zimmerman, president of the group, commented on the topic by saying,
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