Profound inequities in maternal and infant outcomes based on race exist, and the maternal-fetal medicine community has an important role in eliminating these disparities. Accurately employing race and ethnicity as social constructs within research that guides clinical practice is essential to achieving health equity. We must abandon commonly propagated myths that race is a surrogate for genetics or economic status and that data are exempt from potential bias. These myths can lead to harmful misconceptions that exacerbate racial disparities in maternal and infant health outcomes. Furthermore, these myths obscure racism as the true underlying etiology of racial disparities. Understanding that race is a social construct and using an antiracist approach to research are essential in combating racism and eliminating unacceptable disparities in maternal and infant health. This document provides specific suggestions to approach the research process with an antiracist framework.

基于种族的孕产妇和婴儿结局存在严重的不平等，母胎医学界在消除这些差异方面发挥着重要作用。在指导临床实践的研究中准确地使用种族和民族作为社会结构对于实现健康公平至关重要。我们必须摒弃普遍传播的神话，即种族是遗传或经济地位的替代物，并且数据不受潜在偏见的影响。这些神话可能导致有害的误解，加剧孕产妇和婴儿健康结果的种族差异。此外，这些神话掩盖了种族主义作为种族差异的真正潜在病因。了解种族是一种社会结构并使用反种族主义方法进行研究对于打击种族主义和消除母婴健康方面不可接受的差异至关重要。本文件提供了使用反种族主义框架处理研究过程的具体建议。