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International Journal of Social Work and Human Services Practice(CEASE PUBLICATION) Vol. 5(4), pp. 173 - 180
DOI: 10.13189/ijrh.2017.050403
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Skin Color in Stillbirth Disparities: The Social Work Application of Evidence-based Practice via Information Triad
Ronald Hall *
School of Social Work, Michigan State University, USA
ABSTRACT
By medical explanation, a stillbirth pertains to the birth of an unborn child where indications of life are lacking. Stillbirths do not occur uniformly among pregnant women but by disparity where black women are at greatest risk as documented by the EBP information triad. As per EBP stillbirth research, experts and client input is critical. The results of reference to such information suggest that having dark skin is motivation to apply bleaching creams, which contain toxic substances. By EBP methods it is here suggested that by way of the placenta toxins enter the fetus of black mothers resulting in stillbirth disparity. In the EBP meticulous collection of data, expert consultation and client input the resolution of stillbirth disparities will be less subject to inferior problem-solving strategies. Skin color in the study of stillbirth disparities can greatly reduce events among dark-skinned mothers if practitioners advise pregnant black women to cease bleaching until such time that their child is born. By eliminating race from the dynamics of scientific investigation of skin color per EBP Social Work will be served in meeting its challenges well into the 21st century and beyond.
KEYWORDS
Stillbirths, Skin Color, Race, Evidence-based Practice
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(a). IEEE Format:
[1] Ronald Hall , "Skin Color in Stillbirth Disparities: The Social Work Application of Evidence-based Practice via Information Triad," International Journal of Social Work and Human Services Practice(CEASE PUBLICATION), Vol. 5, No. 4, pp. 173 - 180, 2017. DOI: 10.13189/ijrh.2017.050403.
(b). APA Format:
Ronald Hall (2017). Skin Color in Stillbirth Disparities: The Social Work Application of Evidence-based Practice via Information Triad. International Journal of Social Work and Human Services Practice(CEASE PUBLICATION), 5(4), 173 - 180. DOI: 10.13189/ijrh.2017.050403.