Black women did not report Individualized racism impacting their access to care, yet they did report that Individualized racism impacted their interactions with reproductive health care providers. This impacted their utilization and experience of the reproductive health care services. 

Individual Racism Impact on Black Women’s Access, Utilization and Experience of Reproductive Health Care Services

The individual experience of biased or bigoted treatment directed at individuals due to social policies and structures.

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There is a lack of research focusing on how racism impacts Black women's utilization of reproductive healthcare services. Black women have higher rates of unplanned pregnancy, STDs, and abortion than white women. Due to these disparities, Racism needs to be studied as a possible factor exacerbating these differences.

Racism's Impact on Black Women's Sexual and Reproductive Health Outcomes In Southern U.S. 

Thompson, Terri-ann Monique, et al. “Racism Runs through It: Examining the Sexual and Reproductive Health Experience of Black Women in the South.” Health Affairs, vol. 41, no. 2, 2022, pp. 195–202., https://doi.org/10.1377/hlthaff.2021.01422. 

The biased or bigoted limiting to desired opportunities and assets deriving from social policies and structures.

Structural Racism

Individual Racism

Due to the reports from the black women, limitations on insurance and lack of healthcare facilities in pre-dominantly black neighborhoods greatly impacted their access, utilization, and experience with reproductive health care services. Policies that broaden the services covered through insurance and placed more resources in pre-dominantly black neighborhoods could prove affective. 

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