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Shifting Landscapes of Belonging: Birth Doulas and COVID-19

, 2020
The rise of COVID-19 cases at hospitals translates to shifting policies about who can be present at births. Our research looks at data from nearly 400 qualitative surveys on how doulas—women who provide continuous emotional, physical, and informational ...
Julie Johnson Searcy, Johnson Searcy, Julie, Angela N. Castañeda, Castañeda, Angela N.   +3 more
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Introduction: Susan Stebbing: Analysis, Common Sense, and Public Philosophy

The Introduction to the volume provides an overview of Stebbing's works and influence, as well as of the content of the volume ...
Coliva, A., Doulas, L.
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Building birthing confidence in practice: Insights from community-based doula focus groups in New York State

Sexual & Reproductive Healthcare
Objective: This study aimed to understand the perspectives of community-based doulas in New York State regarding the opportunities and challenges facing the profession.
Yookyeong Park, Elana S. Marton, Vanessa L. Threatte, Yan Wu   +3 more
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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
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Community-based doulas and medicaid expansion: a resource-based approach to support the well-being of low-income postpartum women

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
Background Doula care across the perinatal period may significantly reduce the odds of perinatal mood and anxiety disorders particularly in communities experiencing deprivation.
Charlotte V. Farewell, Jennifer Gahrns, Julia Pangalangan, Emily Curl, Anna Pangalangan   +4 more
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Community-Based Doulas in Nova Scotia: Defining the Meaning of Care at the Intersection of Reproductive Justice and Biomedicine

This thesis explores how community-based doulas in Nova Scotia define the meaning of their work. Sociological and anthropological theories of the biomedicalization and stratification of reproduction informed thematic analysis of interview data, as well ...
McLeod, Anja
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292 The role of Doulas in the health care continuum for pregnant people with substance use disorder: Perspectives of patients, Doulas, and healthcare providers

Journal of Clinical and Translational Science
Objectives/Goals: The goals of this research are to 1) determine the prevalence of perinatal doula services use in Virginia, with a focus on individuals with substance use disorders (SUD), 2) evaluate awareness of doulas among pregnant and postpartum ...
DaShaunda, Derek A. Chapman, Caitlin E. Martin, Cynthia C.F. Romero, Gerard Moeller   +4 more
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The Labor of Labour Support: How Doulas Negotiate Care Work [PDF]

, 2014
Doulas are specialized caregivers who provide emotional support, information, comfort measures, and advocacy to women during their childbearing year, with a focus of continuous companionship during labour and delivery.
Moffat, Amy
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BEST PRACTICES FOR INTERDISCIPLINARY COLLABORATION: NURSES SUPPORTING THE INTEGRATION OF DOULAS INTO A CARE TEAM

, 2019
Doulas are becoming more common at hospital births in the United States, and nurses are working alongside doulas to support laboring women more frequently.
Copley, Hannah Garis
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DataSheet_1_The role of doulas in supporting perinatal mental health – a qualitative study.docx

ObjectiveThe perinatal period presents several opportunities to identify and treat perinatal mental health and substance use disorders by integrating into existing care pathways.
Yesenia Navarro-Aguirre (18073828), Joanne Quiray (18073825), Jamie Adachi (18073834), Dila Perera (18073840), Debra Glazer (18073831), Amritha Bhat (8845250), Emily Trujillo (18073837), Elizabeth Richards (6750377), Elizabeth Perez Garcia (18073843)   +8 more
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