Diversifying Doulas Initiative: Improving Maternal Health Outcomes in People of Color Through Doula Care
The Diversifying Doulas Initiative (DDI) aims to improve maternal health outcomes in Black and Brown people through doula care in Lancaster County. DDI trained 28 Black and Brown doulas and provided fully subsidized doula care to over 200 patients of color giving birth in Lancaster County. The perin...
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Mary Ann Liebert
2024-12-01
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| description | The Diversifying Doulas Initiative (DDI) aims to improve maternal health outcomes in Black and Brown people through doula care in Lancaster County. DDI trained 28 Black and Brown doulas and provided fully subsidized doula care to over 200 patients of color giving birth in Lancaster County. The perinatal workforce comprises community birth workers, doulas, midwives, nurses, students, and physicians. By diversifying the perinatal workforce and increasing access to doulas, patients of color benefit from a proven intervention. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-df490f9bcb8840b8bdf0f7cd13324f572025-08-20T01:49:57ZengMary Ann LiebertHealth Equity2473-12422024-12-018145546010.1089/heq.2023.0082Diversifying Doulas Initiative: Improving Maternal Health Outcomes in People of Color Through Doula CareSharee Livingston0Cherise Hamblin1Crista Johnson2LaShekia Chatman3Kayla Bolden4Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Lititz, Pennsylvania, USA.Lancaster General Hospital, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA.UMass Chan Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA.State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York, USA.CDC, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.The Diversifying Doulas Initiative (DDI) aims to improve maternal health outcomes in Black and Brown people through doula care in Lancaster County. DDI trained 28 Black and Brown doulas and provided fully subsidized doula care to over 200 patients of color giving birth in Lancaster County. The perinatal workforce comprises community birth workers, doulas, midwives, nurses, students, and physicians. By diversifying the perinatal workforce and increasing access to doulas, patients of color benefit from a proven intervention.https://www.liebertpub.com/doi/10.1089/heq.2023.0082Dr. Cherise HamblinDr. Crista Johnson-AgbakwuLaShekia ChatmanKayla Bolden |
| spellingShingle | Sharee Livingston Cherise Hamblin Crista Johnson LaShekia Chatman Kayla Bolden Diversifying Doulas Initiative: Improving Maternal Health Outcomes in People of Color Through Doula Care Health Equity Dr. Cherise Hamblin Dr. Crista Johnson-Agbakwu LaShekia Chatman Kayla Bolden |
| title | Diversifying Doulas Initiative: Improving Maternal Health Outcomes in People of Color Through Doula Care |
| title_full | Diversifying Doulas Initiative: Improving Maternal Health Outcomes in People of Color Through Doula Care |
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| title_short | Diversifying Doulas Initiative: Improving Maternal Health Outcomes in People of Color Through Doula Care |
| title_sort | diversifying doulas initiative improving maternal health outcomes in people of color through doula care |
| topic | Dr. Cherise Hamblin Dr. Crista Johnson-Agbakwu LaShekia Chatman Kayla Bolden |
| url | https://www.liebertpub.com/doi/10.1089/heq.2023.0082 |
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