ArticleSexual and reproductive health matters2022
"Doulas shouldn't be considered visitors, we should be considered a part of [the] team": doula care in Georgia, USA during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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- "I Live in a Doula Desert": A Community-Engaged Study of Doula Care in Rural Georgia.Women's health reports (New Rochelle, N.Y.) · 2025Article
- Doulas as family partners in the neuro neonatal intensive care unit.Pediatric research · 2024Article
- Characterizing the utilization of doula support services among birthing people of color in the United States: a scoping review.BMC public health · 2024Article
- Differences in delivery hospitalization experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic by maternal race and ethnicity, Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System, 2020.Journal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association · 2024Article
- "Frontiers in global women's health · 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
- An Interprofessional Collaboration Between a Community-Based Doula Organization and Clinical Partners: The Champion Dyad Initiative.Journal of midwifery & women's healthArticle
- "It takes a village and we are the village": A qualitative community-engaged study of doulas serving migrants and refugees in Georgia.Women's health (London, England)Article
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Abstract
Doula support improves maternal-child health outcomes. However, during the COVID-19 pandemic, hospitals restricted the number of support people allowed during childbirth. An academic-community research team conducted 17 in-depth interviews and structured surveys with doulas in metro-Atlanta, Georgia, USA from November 2020 to January 2021. Surveys were analysed for descriptive statistics in Stata v. 14, and interviews were analysed in Dedoose using a codebook and memo-ing for thematic analysis. All 17 doulas reported COVID-19 changed their practices: most were unable to accompany clients to delivery (14), started using personal protective equipment (13), used virtual services (12), and had to limit the number of in-person prenatal/postpartum visits (11). Several attended more home births (6) because birthing people were afraid to have their babies in the hospital. Some stopped seeing clients altogether due to safety concerns (2). Many lost clientele who could no longer afford doula services, and some offered
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