ArticlePrevention science : the official journal of the Society for Prevention Research2024
Using Prevention Research to Reduce Racial Disparities in Health Through Innovative Funding Strategies: The Case of Doula Care.
Article in Prevention science : the official journal of the Society for Prevention Research, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 6 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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6 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Doula Support During Pregnancy, Childbirth, and Postpartum: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Obstetrics and gynecology · 2026Pooled it
- Implementation Barriers to Incorporating a Community-Based Doula Program to Improve Birth Outcomes for Black Patients in an Academic Medical Center.Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities · 2026Article
- Barriers and Bridges: Black Doulas' Experiences in Healthcare Setting.Birth (Berkeley, Calif.) · 2026Article
- Planning for the forgotten fourth trimester of pregnancy: A parallel group randomized control trial to test a postpartum planning intervention vs. standard prenatal care.Contemporary clinical trials · 2024Article
- Introduction to Special Issue on Advancing Health Equity Among Black Communities.Prevention science : the official journal of the Society for Prevention Research · 2024Article
- Commentary for Special Issue on Advancing Health Equity Among Black Communities: Implications for Research Funders (and Researchers).Prevention science : the official journal of the Society for Prevention Research · 2024Article
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Abstract
Racial disparities in maternal birth outcomes are substantial even when comparing women with similar levels of education. While racial differences in maternal death at birth or shortly afterward have attracted significant attention from researchers, non-fatal but potentially life-threatening pregnancy complications are 30-40 times more common than maternal deaths. Black women have the worst maternal health outcomes. Only recently have health researchers started to view structural racism rather than race as the critical factor underlying these persistent inequities. We discuss the economic framework that prevention scientists can use to convince policymakers to make sustainable investments in maternal health by expanding funding for doula care. While a few states allow Medicaid to fund doula services, most women at risk of poor maternal health outcomes arising from structural racism lack access to culturally sensitive caregivers during the pre-and post-partum periods as well as during birth. We provide a guide to how research in health services can be more readily translated to policy recommendations by describing two innovative ways that cost-benefit analysis can help direct private and public funding to support doula care for Black women and others at risk of poor birth outcomes.
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