Which of the following reframes this “personal trouble” into a “public issue” that a critical sociologist studying health, illness, and health care would be likely to study? “Debora was a 38-year-old Black woman who gave birth to a healthy baby girl. After the delivery, Debora experienced excessive blood loss, and died 2 hours later.”

Question

A. Doctors believe that maternal death rates are increasing in America because of increased rates of obesity or because women are getting pregnant at older ages.
B. The maternal death rate has increased from 7.2 deaths per 100,0000 live births in 1987 to 17.8 deaths per 100,000 live births in 2011 in America.
C. Black women are 3-4 times more likely to die during childbirth, and some scholars believe it is because they have higher rates of poverty and less access to health care/pre-natal care, which leads to a variety of health problems that increase risk during childbirth.
D. Doctors believe that creating federally mandated standards across hospitals will decrease the maternal rate of death.
E. Debora’s daughter will now grow up without a mother, which may lower her family’s income, increase familial stress, and make caring for Debora’s daughter difficult.

Answer 1

Answer: C