Black and Pregnant in America: A National Health Care Crisis
North Carolina’s maternal mortality rates for Black women are significantly higher than those for White women. To address this alarming health inequity, three nurse-midwives developed a unique program to train and certify Black doulas to attend the births of Black families in the Triangle region.
Authors
- Venus Standard
- Stephanie Devane-Johnson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8791-7353)
- Jacquelyn McMillian‐Bohler (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8408-8924)
Institutions
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- UNC Libraries
- Published
- 2025-04-02
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.17615/yt14-k205
- Primary Topic
- Cultural Competency in Health Care
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00