Multilevel determinants of racial/ethnic disparities in severe maternal morbidity and mortality in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic in the USA: protocol for a concurrent triangulation, mixed-methods study

• Bankole Olatosi,
• Jiajia Zhang,
• Xiaoming Li,
• Chen Liang,
• Jihong Liu,
• Peiyin Hung,
• Shan Qiao,
• Berry A Campbell,
• Myriam E Torres,
• Neset Hikmet

Affiliations

Bankole Olatosi

Health Services, Policy and Management, Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina, USA

Jiajia Zhang

Bloomberg Kimmel Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy, Johns Hopkins, Baltimore, Maryland, USA

Xiaoming Li

Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Zhongshan Hospital Fudan University, Shanghai, China

Chen Liang

1 Department of Pancreatic Surgery, Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center, Shanghai, China

Jihong Liu

1 Department of Gynecologic Oncology, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Collaborative Innovation Center for Cancer Medicine, Guangzhou, China

Peiyin Hung

Department of Health Services Policy & Management, University of South Carolina Arnold School of Public Health, Columbia, South Carolina, USA

Shan Qiao

Department of Health Promotion, Education, & Behavior, University of South Carolina Arnold School of Public Health, Columbia, South Carolina, USA

Berry A Campbell

Department of Health Services Policy & Management, University of South Carolina Arnold School of Public Health, Columbia, South Carolina, USA

Myriam E Torres

Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics, University of South Carolina Arnold School of Public Health, Columbia, South Carolina, USA

Neset Hikmet

Department of Integrated Information Technology, University of South Carolina College of Engineering and Computing, Columbia, South Carolina, USA