Dr Jenny Barber: key facts
- Kind of voice
- Academic
- Role
- Vice-president of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists
- Quoted on
- Maternity & neonatal
- Tracked press citations
- 1
- Most recently quoted
- 10 Sept 2026
“It is unacceptable that black women and babies continue to face significantly higher health risks during pregnancy and childbirth than white women in the UK. This study explores how important physiological processes may be impacted by systemic racism and socioeconomic disadvantages, which could be a factor in the persistently poorer outcomes impacting black women.”
Where Dr Jenny Barber has been quoted
- Stress from racism may help explain why black women more likely to die in childbirth, study findstheguardian.com · 10 Sept 2026
Related media coverage
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