CPTV Collaborative Features

The Risk of Giving Birth

The Risk of Giving Birth is a locally focused three-part series examining the maternal health crisis in the U.S. The series comprises personal stories and interviews with medical professionals, politicians, and community activists to shed light on Rhode Island’s efforts to improve outcomes, the impact of structural racism on Black mothers, and the alarming rise in complications for Latina mothers.

Episode 1: A Maternal Health Crisis

Premiering Monday, June 17 at 5:30pm on CPTV, or watch on-demand now, and at video.cptv.org.

The number of maternal deaths in the United States far exceeds that of other high-income countries and continues to grow each year. We examine some of the conditions contributing to the problem and what is being done in to address it.

Episode 2: Black Maternal Health

Premiering Monday, June 24 at 5:30pm on CPTV, or watch on-demand now, and at video.cptv.org.

Long-held beliefs as to why Black women suffer higher rates of death and complications in pregnancy and childbirth are upended as we examine the racial disparities in care and the research showing the impacts of structural racism.

Episode 3: Latina Maternal Health

Premiering Monday, July 1 at 5:30pm on CPTV, or watch on-demand now, and at video.cptv.org.

As the rates of complications and pregnancy-related deaths in the U.S. continue to climb, Latinas have seen a particularly dramatic spike in recent years. We look at the maternal health concerns among the growing population of Latino families in Rhode Island.