ArticleHealth communication2022
Doula Support Challenges and Coping Strategies during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Implications for Maternal Health Inequities.
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- The role of doulas in providing breastfeeding support during the COVID-19 pandemic.International breastfeeding journal · 2023Pooled it
- Virtual Doula Support After the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency: Strengths, Limitations, and Adaptations.Women's health issues : official publication of the Jacobs Institute of Women's Health · 2026Article
- "We don't just want doulas. We want good doulas." Examining the role of doula training in promoting perinatal mental health.Social work in mental health · 2025Article
- Impact of Presence of Doulas on Perceived Racism for Black Mothers During the COVID-19 Pandemic.PRiMER (Leawood, Kan.) · 2025Article
- What Do Community Doulas Think About the Future of the Doula Workforce?Maternal and child health journal · 2024Article
- Advancing Equity in Maternal Health With Virtual Doula Care.JAMA health forum · 2024Article
- An Overview for the General Psychiatrist Evaluating Patients With Obstetric and Neonatal Complications and Perinatal Loss.Focus (American Psychiatric Publishing) · 2024Article
- #ChokeMeDaddy: A Content Analysis of Memes Related to Choking/Strangulation During Sex.Archives of sexual behavior · 2023Article
- Supporting Birthing People and Supporting Doulas: The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on a Community-Based Doula Organization in San Francisco.Health equity · 2023Article
- Associations Between Pornography Consumption, Sexual Flexibility, and Sexual Functioning Among Austrian Adults.Archives of sexual behavior · 2022Article
- A Qualitative Study of Hospitals and Payers Implementing Community Doula Support.Journal of midwifery & women's healthArticle
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Abstract
The COVID-19 pandemic has made birthing more stressful and isolating, which has raised particular concern for populations of birthing people affected by maternal health inequities. Doulas have been proposed as one means of improving health outcomes by providing emotional, physical, and informational support to patients and their families before, during, or after labor. However, the social and economic conditions of the COVID-19 pandemic have posed new challenges for doula care. We conducted thematic analysis on 25 semi-structured interviews with practicing doulas in the United States to explore changes to doula care during the pandemic. Although doulas have faced many challenges in providing virtual and socially-distanced support during the pandemic, the rising use of telehealth among doulas has revealed new coping strategies and opportunities for virtual communication with the doula community. Our findings indicate that doula experiences during the pandemic can inform future doula care practices, particularly for birthing people of color and low-income birthing people.
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