“You think, like, you’re neutral but you’re not”: a mixed- methods study of racial/ethnic bias in pain assessment, management and treatment in maternal and newborn care in the Netherlands

The results of this study provide a starting point to investigate racial and ethnic inequity in maternal and newborn care in the Netherlands, and to address the ways that these differences can be mitigated. Our findings underscore the disavowal of the role of racial thinking and notions of ethnic differences in pain assessment, management, and treatment, and highlights the need for critical reflection on the role of maternal and newborn care in shaping, causing, maintaining, sustaining, and (re)producing racial/ethnic inequity.

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International Journal for Equity in Health
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2025-12-08
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https://doi.org/10.1186/s12939-025-02714-w
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Maternal and Perinatal Health Interventions
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“You think, like, you’re neutral but you’re not”: a mixed- methods study of racial/ethnic bias in pain assessment, management and treatment in maternal and newborn care in the Netherlands

Bahareh Goodarzi, Alana Helberg-Proctor, Evelien Overtoom, Ank de Jonge et al.
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International Journal for Equity in Health
Maternal and Perinatal Health Interventions
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“You think, like, you’re neutral but you’re not”: a mixed- methods study of racial/ethnic bias in pain assessment, management and treatment in maternal and newborn care in the Netherlands

Bahareh Goodarzi, Alana Helberg-Proctor, Evelien Overtoom, Ank de Jonge, Kitty W.M. Bloemenkamp, Syllona Kanu
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Abstract

The results of this study provide a starting point to investigate racial and ethnic inequity in maternal and newborn care in the Netherlands, and to address the ways that these differences can be mitigated. Our findings underscore the disavowal of the role of racial thinking and notions of ethnic differences in pain assessment, management, and treatment, and highlights the need for critical reflection on the role of maternal and newborn care in shaping, causing, maintaining, sustaining, and (re)producing racial/ethnic inequity.

International Journal for Equity in HealthVol. 25(1)
University Medical Center Groningen (NL), Leyden Academy on Vitality and Ageing (NL), GGD Amsterdam (NL), Wilhelmina Children's Hospital (NL), Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (NL), University of Amsterdam (NL), Amsterdam UMC Location Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (NL)
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“You think, like, you’re neutral but you’re not”: a mixed- methods study of racial/ethnic bias in pain assessment, management and treatment in maternal and newborn care in the Netherlands — Bahareh Goodarzi, Alana Helberg-Proctor, et al. · International Journal for Equity in Health (2025) | TGRS Research Map | TGRS