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"We really are seeing racism in the hospitals": Racial identity, racism, and doula care for diverse populations in Georgia.

PLoS ONE, 2023
IntroductionPoor birth outcomes are more prevalent for Black communities, but strong evidence shows that doula care can improve those outcomes. More evidence is needed to understand racial differences, discrimination, and equity in doula care.MethodsThe ...
Ayeesha Sayyad, Alyssa Lindsey, Subasri Narasimhan, Daria Turner, Priya Shah, Ky Lindberg, Elizabeth A Mosley   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Factors affecting the implementation and sustainability of an Australian community-based doula service: A qualitative study

SSM: Qualitative Research in Health
Background: Community-based doula support for women and gender-diverse birthing people has a range of benefits in improving maternal outcomes and experiences. However, there is limited research on how doula services operate in Australia.
Sarah Min-Lee Khaw, Caroline S.E. Homer, Red Dearnley, Kerryn O'Rourke, Meghan A. Bohren   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

“Doulas shouldn’t be considered visitors, we should be considered a part of [the] team”: doula care in Georgia, USA during the COVID-19 pandemic

Sexual and Reproductive Health Matters, 2022
Doula support improves maternal-child health outcomes. However, during the COVID-19 pandemic, hospitals restricted the number of support people allowed during childbirth. An academic-community research team conducted 17 in-depth interviews and structured
Daria Turner, Alyssa Lindsey, Priya Shah, Ayeesha Sayyad, Amber Mack, Whitney S. Rice, Elizabeth A. Mosley   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

EFEKTIVITAS PENDAMPING PERSALINAN DOULA TERHADAP KEHAMILAN DAN PERSALINAN

, 2022
Abstrak : Efektivitas Pendamping Persalinan Doula Terhadap Kehamilan Dan Persalinan : A Systematic Review. Sebagian besar ibu yang mengalami proses persalinan akan mengalami yang namanya sakit dan reaksi psikologis seperti gangguan keseimbangan control ...
Hermawan, Dessy, Ayudiah, Febra, Anissa, Kintan, Febra Ayudiah, Kintan Anissa, Dessy Hermawan   +5 more
core   +1 more source

Effect of Continued Support of Midwifery Students in Labour on the Childbirth and Labour Consequences: A Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial [PDF]

Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2016
Introduction: Childbirth experience is a process throughout women’s life and the most important consequence of labour. Support is the key factor to have a positive experience of childbirth. In order to improve and reduce the stress and anxiety levels
Nahid Bolbol-Haghighi, Seyedeh Zahra Masoumi, Farideh Kazemi   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

State Choices, Unequal Access: Policies Shaping Reproductive Health Care Across the United States

The Milbank Quarterly, EarlyView.
Policy Points State policies and programs play an outsized role in shaping availability and access to sexual and reproductive health services across the nation. This has a major impact on women's access to contraception, abortion, and maternity services.
ALINA SALGANICOFF, IVETTE GOMEZ, USHA RANJI   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Multisite implementation of trained volunteer doula support for disadvantaged childbearing women: a mixed-methods evaluation

Health Services and Delivery Research, 2015
Background: The research examined an innovative volunteer doula service, established in one city and rolled out to four other sites. The initiative offers support to disadvantaged women with the aim of enhancing well-being and improving the uptake of ...
Helen Spiby, Josephine M Green, Zoe Darwin, Helen Willmot, David Knox, Jenny McLeish, Murray Smith   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Personal Birth Experiences and Clinician Attitudes About Cesarean Birth: A Cross‐Sectional Study With Female Labor and Delivery Unit Staff

Birth, EarlyView.
Labor and delivery staff's personal experiences with birth are associated with their attitudes about clinical practice. We conducted a cross‐sectional survey of female labor and delivery staff employed at birthing hospitals in Arkansas. A total of 378 staff (physicians, nurses and midwives) from 29 facilities (of 33 birthing hospitals) participated in ...
Tanvangi Tiwari, Emily White VanGompel, James P. Selig, Nirvana Manning, Dora Smith, William Greenfield, Jennifer A. Callaghan‐Koru   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Doula Decisions: A Mental Models Approach to UnderstandingLack of Doula Use Despite the Benefits

, 2019
Research Question: Despite the proven benefits of utilizing a doula, only 6% of United States women choose to have a doula present at birth. What explains this lack of doula utilization?
Hannah McDonald (4252267)
core   +1 more source

Bolstering Reach: Tailoring Perinatal Mental Health Digital Care for Black and Native American Communities

Birth, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Perinatal depression is a leading cause of maternal mortality in the US. Center M, a Mindfulness‐Based Cognitive Behavioral Therapy intervention, seeks to prevent perinatal depression through the development of a digital app to complement its' therapeutic intervention.
Roberta Suzette Hunte, Taylor Shank, Maria Hayes, Veronica Eyo, David Starr, S. M. Blajeski, Kristen Mackiewicz Seghete, Ellen Tilden   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source