Black babies more likely to survive when cared for by black doctors

Re:Black babies more likely to survive when cared for by bla... by j_walter on Tuesday August 18, 2020 @01:18AM (#24195538)

Interesting study, but I feel there are more social factors that play into this and need to be studied. I have 2 kids and I can't imagine raising them without 2 parents in the household. The infant mortality rate seems very correlated to having a 2 parent household (see link for data of 2 parent households by race). Now the black doctor vs. white doctor for a black baby mortality is very interesting and it would be interesting to know if it's actually a bias by the white doctors or if black parents are less likely to trust a white doctor and ask questions (or something along those lines).

https://datacenter.kidscount.org/data/tables/8053-children-w...

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Re:Black babies more likely to survive when cared for by bla... by kohtatsu on Tuesday August 18, 2020 @01:32AM (#24195603)

Asking questions would increase the mortality?

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Re:Black babies more likely to survive when cared for by bla... by vladvasiliu on Tuesday August 18, 2020 @01:59AM (#24195725)

I would say GP's last sentence should be read :

> if black parents are less likely to (trust a white doctor and ask questions)

So if the doctor were white the parents would ask less questions than with a black doctor. Hence asking fewer questions would increase mortality.

On the face of it this seems to make sense. If people don't see a doctor for what are unknown (to them) and possibly dangerous conditions, the babies wouldn't get help.

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