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Utilizing A Community-Based Doula Care Intervention To Reduce Race-Based Perinatal Health Inequities In Jefferson County, Kentucky, Brendan Mathews
Utilizing A Community-Based Doula Care Intervention To Reduce Race-Based Perinatal Health Inequities In Jefferson County, Kentucky, Brendan Mathews
Theses and Dissertations--Public Health (M.P.H. & Dr.P.H.)
Target Population and Need
The United States is currently the only industrialized nation in the world experiencing increasing rates of
pregnancy-related mortality.
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Black women die at 3-4 times the rate of their white counterparts.
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This disparity
is likely caused by the experience of systemic racism, which increases allostatic load and produces epigenetic
modifications linked to higher likelihood for poor birth outcomes. Biases perpetuated by health care providers
result in black women being less likely to receive quality healthcare and more likely to experience poor perinatal
1-7 to all pregnant women.
health outcomes.
The provision of doula-based care can …