Doula Support as a Means to Improve Birth Outcomes for Minority Women

<p>Ethnic minorities such as African Americans, American Indians, Hispanics, Laotions, Hmongs, and Alaskan Natives have higher rates of cesarean delivery, pre-term birth, fetal demise, perinatal laceration, and congenital abnormalities than their white counterparts. Continuous labor support by way of doula care has been recommended for all pregnant women as a means to prevent adverse birth outcomes. Despite this, the population most in need of such support in unable to access doula services due to low socioeconomic status, availability of services, and cultural inaccessibility. This paper focuses on my capstone experience with UCSF and Roots of Labor Birth Collective as we created a program to provide and evaluate the impact of culturally competent doula care to improve the birth experiences of women of color. </p>

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Public Health (MPH)

Level thesis:degree_level

Project/Capstone - Global access

Year dc:date.available

2016

Author dc:creator

• Thich, Christina Bao Ngoc

Contributors dc:contributor

• Dhrubajyoti Bhattacharya
• Marcianna Nosek

• doula care
• continuous birth support
• reproductive justice
• african-american
• hispanic
• Alameda County
• Oakland
• Gender, Race, Sexuality, and Ethnicity in Communication
• Maternal and Child Health
• Women's Health

Repository record dc:identifier

https://repository.usfca.edu/capstone/477

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:repository.usfca.edu:capstone-1502