broadly, to you, bayo curry-winchell.- broadly, to you, bayo curry-winchell.g ways to increase access, but we also cannot forget access, as we talk about, it is all social economics. so we have two lean into, what are we doing to invest in unconscious bias, meaning these kind of thought processes that black people don't feel as much pain as we mention, a recent study in 2016 highlighted that. so we have to of course look at expansion for certain insurance as far as medicaid, but we also know that commercial insurance, all social economics are impacted by this. so more work to be done but this is a great step. on that issue, dr kitessa, to you, are you seeing younger medical professionals learning and being trained to understand implicit bias and how can they reach people who have been in the medical profession perhaps for a much longer time? the medical profession perhaps fora much longertime? i the medical profession perhaps for a much longer time?- for a much longer time? i think this is one _ for a much longer time? i think this is one of _ for a much longe

medical center and also on the faculty at the university of maryland school of medicine, and dr bayo curry—winchellsician and public health communicator based in reno, nevada. before we talk to the causes and what you think needs to be done, i want to talk about how how the women you look after are feeling, and i'm sure they're aware of these are alarming numbers. do you hear black women, women from minority backgrounds being worried about what could happen to them during their pregnancies? yes, thank you for having me, and absolutely, i hear from my patients regularly, black women, and especially that they are scared and afraid, and you see the statistics that black women and three times more likely to die, it's very frightening and patients are expressing those fears as well. what are your patients telling you about their experiences, their fears in a country where they are cognizant of the fact that they are three times more likely to die from pregnancy related courses? when you think about the historical fear that has been a part of the medical system, and when you talk about giving birth, whic

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