Maternal Morbidity and Mortality and Weathering In preparation for this journal, you should have listened

A specific story is told in Lecture 10. Using that story, answer the following questions:

1. Identify key aspects of the story that made the situation worsen

2. In particular, when you identify something, note whether or not you think it is related to race from a social perspective. Do you think this particular aspect would have happened if the individual was non-Hispanic white?

After watching the video, “Weathering,” answer these additional questions below:

3. What is weathering?

4. How does weathering ‘work’ to impact health?

5. What are some potential ‘causes’ of weathering?

6. What are some specific health outcomes thought to be associated with weathering?

7. How might weathering play a role in the racial/ethnic disparities in the United States’ maternal morbidity and mortality rates?

Finally, go to https://nj.gov/ and use the search bar in the top right section of the webpage. Pick one of the following search terms: “maternal health” or “maternal mortality.” Pick one of the search results and read over what you found to answer the following questions:

8. Which search term did you use?

9. Briefly describe and summarize the search result you read. How does it tie into what you learned from the readings, lectures, and videos from this week?

This assignment must be typed and submitted electronically in MS Word (.docx or .pdf) format. The file must be named in the following format: Lastname_Jouranl2. Submit your completed document to Journal 2, listed on the Modules and Assignments pages, as a file attachment.