The delivery of high quality and equitable care for both mothers and newborns is complex
and requires efforts across many sectors. The United States spends more on childbirth than …

Objective To examine the qualitative literature on low‐income women's perspectives on the
barriers to high‐quality prenatal and postpartum care. Data Sources and Study Setting We …

In this article, I analyze the birth stories of Black women living in the United States. Their birth
stories describe various forms of racism during medical encounters while they were …

Black women have higher rates of premature birth than other women in America. This
cannot be simply explained by economic factors, with poorer women lacking resources or …

Purpose Women of color in the United States, particularly in high-poverty neighborhoods,
experience high rates of poor birth outcomes, including cesarean section, preterm birth, low …

Purpose: The goal of this study was to assess perspectives of racially/ethnically diverse, low-
income pregnant women on how doula services (nonmedical maternal support) may …

Background This evaluation of doula care emerges at a time when maternal mortality in the
US outranks every country in the developed world. Study objectives were to: 1) examine …

Introduction Community health workers (CHWs) are critical members of the public health
workforce, who connect the individuals they serve with resources, advocate for communities …

The USA is one of the few countries in the world in which maternal and infant morbidity and
mortality continue to increase, with the greatest disparities observed among non-Hispanic …

Problem & background Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada, policies have
been implemented to limit interpersonal contact in clinical and community settings. The …