Briefing Paper 11
Addressing ethnic inequalities in maternity service experiences and outcomes: responding to women's needs and preferences.October 2008
This briefing examines the maternity experiences of women from BME communities in the UK, drawing on both qualitative and quantitative research. It sets out to identify barriers that may disadvantage minoritised women and offers suggestions for service improvement, while recognising the great heterogeneity that exists within and between minority ethnic ‘groups’ and the need, therefore, for flexible and nuanced responses.
Author(s): Kuldip K. Bharj, Sarah Salway
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The Reaching Out Project: Report on preliminary consultations May - July 2005
Gaudion, A., Maternity Alliance and Medact, June 2006
This report gives a summary of ‘Reaching Out’, a pilot project to improve access to maternity services for highly marginalised black and minority ethnic women.  The project targeted pregnant women and families with young infants to discern their healthcare needs, and improve access to support services, benefits and antenatal and postnatal care.
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Inequalities in maternal health: National cohort study of ethnic variation in severe maternal morbidities
Knight, M. et al, British Medical Journal, 338:b542, 2009
This report outlines the ethnic differences in severe maternal morbidity in the United Kingdom.  Using the monthly UKOSS mailing to obtain quantitative data, the report found significantly higher rates of morbidity among black and minority ethnic mothers.
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‘They're more like ordinary stroppy British women’: Attitudes and expectations of maternity care professionals to UK-born ethnic minority women
Puthussery, S.; Twamley, K.; Harding, S.; Mirsky, J.; Baron, M.; and Macfarlane, A., Journal of Health Services Research and Policy, 13, 2008
This study explores the attitudes and expectations of maternity care professionals to UK-born minority ethnic mothers, considering whether specific behavioural expectations and unconscious stereotypical views were evident.
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