Maternal health
Despite major advancements in prenatal care, the maternal mortality rate in the USA has is at its ultimate high.   Rates have risen in the twenty-first century, and efforts to halt this pervasive problem have made little to no headway (Callaghan, 2012). In the US, there are different variations in maternal death rates (Callaghan, 2012).  Callaghans study aims to study and understand why the  maternal mortality phenomena,  and pinpoint the contributing factors of these deaths  especially for black women.