Additional Resources
Advancing Birth Justice: Community-Based Doula Models as a Standard of Care for Ending Racial Disparities
blackmamasmatter.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Advancing-Birth-Justice-CBD-Models-as-Std-of-Care-3-25-19.pdf
Impact of Doulas on Healthy Birth Outcomes
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3647727/
Compilation of studies on doula-assisted birth outcomes
evidencebasedbirth.com/the-evidence-for-doulas/
Research and resources for providers to teens and mothers who have experienced sexual trauma or partner abuse
Pregnantsurvivors.org
International NGO advocating for maternal health
everymothercounts.org
NY Medicaid Reimbursement of Doula Care: Honoring a Community-Based Approach – https://everymothercounts.org/on-the-front-lines/ny-medicaid-reimbursement-of-doula-care-honoring-a-community-based-approach/
March of Dimes Position Statement: Doulas and Birth Outcomes – https://www.marchofdimes.org/materials/Doulas%20and%20birth%20outcomes%20position%20statement%20final%20January%2030%20PM.pdf
Nurse Family Partnership: Support for First Time Moms – https://www.nursefamilypartnership.org/first-time-moms/
Books
When Survivors Give Birth: Understanding and Healing the Effects of Early Sexual Abuse on Childbearing Women by Penny Simkin and Phyllis Klaus
Birthing Justice: Black Women, Pregnancy, and Childbirth by Julia Oparah and Alicia Bonaparte
Battling Over Birth: Black Women and the Maternal Health Care Crisis
by Julia Chinyere Oparah, Helen Arega, Dantia Hudson, Linda Jones, Talita Oseguera
The Doulas: Radical Care for Pregnant People by
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