Lamaze Resources
Webinar: Establishing Birth Equity through Advocacy in a Hospital Setting
This webinar will define and identify the role of birth equity, with a focus on the importance of advocacy during pregnancy and birth in a hospital setting. This presentation will shed light on how women of color are often not advocated for, at times dismissed and devalued, in comparison to their counterparts while birthing in a hospital. We will highlight strategies to advocate for all patients through the perinatal period as a solution to establish and maintain birth equity across the nation.
Webinar: Towards a Framework of Birth Justice in Childbirth Education
This session will provide childbirth educators with a historical and contextual framework to understand birth and reproductive justice as a solution and movement towards addressing racial disparities in birth outcomes. Additionally, the session will highlight strategies for examining power and privilege and the role of childbirth educators in the movement for birth justice.
Webinar: Diversifying Doulas Initiative by Patients R Waiting
Patients R Waiting is addressing the maternal mortality crisis by providing Lancaster Black and Latinx expectant moms with doula support. Doulas can help to meet the emotional support needed by providing care and education, virtually and in person. Because of the lack of diversity within doulas throughout Lancaster, we have provided women of color the formal training necessary to become a certified doula. Through a process curated by doulas themselves, we have increased the doulas of color in Lancaster by over 900%. Through this program, we will place pregnant women of color with experienced doulas, free of charge.
JPE 29.4: Sisters in Birth: Improving Birth Outcomes in Mississippi
Mississippi has the poorest birth outcomes in the United States. Sisters in Birth (SIB) is a community-based non-profit, charitable organization program that links community and clinical health to improve birth outcomes in Mississippi. This article describes the community and clinical health variables that influence birth outcomes and the organization’s work or mission. The overwhelmingly positive outcomes of the first 50 women in the program are presented as well as snapshots of individual women’s experiences.
Podcast Episode: Birth Without Bias: How the Irth App is Challenging and Changing Birth Experiences
Podcast Episode: Birth Work and Racial Disparities: A Passage from Labor and Delivery Nurse to Activist to Midwife
Podcast Episode: Advocating for Reproductive Health Among Black Women