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“We Really are Seeing Racism in the Hospitals”: Racism and Doula Care [PDF]

, 2021
Introduction: Poor birth outcomes are more prevalent for Black birthing people and their babies. Strong evidence shows that doula care, during labor and delivery, improves maternal and child health outcomes.
Sayyad, Ayeesha
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Defining a Successful Community-Based Doula Replication Site [PDF]

, 2011
Defining a Successful Community-Based Doula Replication ...
Michele L. Shade (7921316)
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Doula ve Doğum Koçluğu Eğitim Programlarının Profilleri [PDF]

, 2023
Amaç: Çalışmanın amacı, doula ve doğum koçluğu eğitim programlarının profillerinin incelenmesidir. Gereç ve Yöntem: Tanımlayıcı, kesitsel tipte bir araştırmadır.
Okumus, Hulya, Çiçek, Özlem, Fata, Sevcan, Tokat, Merlinda   +3 more
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Exploring and understanding different perspectives on the experience of engaging with death doulas and those in activity-aligned roles toward the end of life: An integrative review [PDF]

Palliative Care and Social Practice
Background: The death doula movement is expanding due to dissatisfaction with the medicalization of death and dying. Existing reviews focus on exploring and defining the death doula’s role in providing care.
Samara Gordon Wexler, Catherine Walshe
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Awareness of epidural analgesia in labour and its acceptability by parturient in a tertiary hospital in Cameroon

PAMJ Clinical Medicine, 2020
INTRODUCTION: Labour pains management is an important component of quality care in obstetrics but in Cameroon, very few maternities include this in their care plans.
Tchounzou Robert, Inna Rakya, Neng Humphry Tatah, Ngalame Alphonse, Kamdem Diane Estelle, Moustapha Bilkissou, Simo Wambo André Gaetan, Elong Félix Adolphe, Nana Njamen Théophile, Djomo Tamchom Dominique, Mwadjie Wekam Darolles, Mboudou Emile Telesphore   +11 more
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Community Perspectives on the Creation of a Hospital-Based Doula Program

Health Equity, 2021
Objective: Racial and ethnic inequities in perinatal health outcomes are pervasive. Doula support is an evidence-based practice for improving maternal outcomes. However, women in lower-income populations often do not have access to doulas.
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Doula support among brazilian women who attended the senses of birth health education intervention – a cross sectional analysis

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 2022
Background While maternal health is a priority in international goals, maternal health outcomes remain poor in many regions of the world. In Brazil, maternal mortality has decreased over the past decades, but the country’s maternal mortality ratio is ...
Luísa M M Fernandes, Kathryn E Mishkin, Sônia Lansky   +2 more
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“An extra layer of pressure to be my best self”: Healthcare provider perspectives on how doulas foster accountability and bridge gaps in pregnancy-related care

SSM: Qualitative Research in Health, 2023
Despite the importance of respectful pregnancy care, birthing people experience high rates of mistreatment in clinical settings in the United States.
Reiley Reed, Ashley Nguyen, Marna Armstead, Alli Cuentos, Marlee-I Mystic, Jennet Arcara, Andrea V. Jackson, Cassondra Marshall, Anu Manchikanti Gomez   +8 more
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Women supporting women : the role of doulas in South African birth stories [PDF]

, 2011
The medical and psychological benefits of birth companions, or doulas have been well documented over the last thirty years. This qualitative investigation provides, through the textured accounts of doulas and doula clients, insight into the nature of ...
Abramovitz, Carly
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Justice for Incarcerated Moms Act of 2021: Reflections and recommendations

Women's Health, 2022
In the last five decades, the number of women behind bars in the United States has risen exponentially. It is now estimated that there are nearly 58,000 admissions of pregnant people—disproportionately women of color—to jails and prisons each year ...
Rebecca J Shlafer, Erica Gerrity, Chauntel Norris, Rachel Freeman-Cook, Carolyn B Sufrin   +4 more
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