Maternal inequality: scoping the threats and reflecting on our opportunities to affect positive change

Bailey, Elizabeth; Ette, Lizzie

Abstract

This editorial seeks to shine a spotlight on maternal inequalities, which will feature in our blog posts from the end of May for a few weeks. Undoubtedly, this is a broad and complex topic and, so our spotlight will take a view on how we might work towards positive change. Partly inspired by the plan–do–study–act cycle approach,1 which is often used to provide a structure for working towards improved quality of systems, we will consider four aspects of how we are (1) identifying and quantifying the problem maternal inequalities and how (2) discovery of data has supported our understanding of the intersectionality of inequality; this discovery then offers (3) the opportunity to seek effective solutions while reflecting on personal action and how we might all (4) advocate for/drive the necessary change (figure 1).

Citation

Bailey, E., & Ette, L. (2024). Maternal inequality: scoping the threats and reflecting on our opportunities to affect positive change. Evidence-Based Nursing, 27, 81-83. https://doi.org/10.1136/ebnurs-2024-104098

• Journal Article Type: Editorial
• Acceptance Date: May 16, 2024
• Online Publication Date: Jun 20, 2024
• Publication Date: 2024-06
• Deposit Date: Jun 17, 2024
• Publicly Available Date: Jun 20, 2024
• Journal: Evidence-Based Nursing
• Print ISSN: 1367-6539
• Electronic ISSN: 1468-9618
• Publisher: BMJ Publishing Group
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 27
• Pages: 81-83
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1136/ebnurs-2024-104098
• Public URL: https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4710515