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Poster Session 3

(764) Assessing Prioritized Groups Referenced in 2019-2024 Maternal Mortality Review Committees’ Summaries

Friday, January 31, 2025
10:30 AM – 12:30 PM  
Objective: Maternal mortality review committees are encouraged to define populations at risk of maternal morbidity and mortality. Summaries should work to include the most recent data among racial/ethnic, socioeconomic, rural, and LGBTQIA+ groups. We investigated states’ most recent summaries to identify which disproportionately affected groups they prioritized.

Study Design: We utilized publicly available data from maternal mortality review committees or similar organizations’ summaries online in June 2024. Using Prisma 2020, we established inclusion and exclusion criteria. We compared their priority populations to the CDC’s 2022 data set for maternal mortality. We evaluated the utilization of inclusive and gender-neutral language for LGBTQIA+ individuals. Commonly used phrases within the summaries were birthing people, persons, or individuals.

Results:

Of the 48 summaries that met inclusion criteria, 91.7% included an excerpt of their priority population based on race or ethnicity. Black, Hispanic, and Native American groups were the most commonly reported minority groups prioritized. Recommendations for diversity training or education were included for 72.9% of reviews, 25.0% did not, and 2.0% were unclear. Evaluating use of inclusive language, 58.3% of summaries explicitly stated intentions to include sexual minority groups using gender-neutral language; 22.9% were unclear but used terms birthing people or individuals.

Conclusion:

As of 2024, there continues to be a lack of focus on high-risk groups within the MMRC reports. This study supports the need for health practitioners to focus on improving inclusive language within MMRC reports. Without acknowledging the groups most in need, providers and community health workers will fail to address maternal morbidity and mortality adequately.