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Doulas: The US now claims the highest maternal mortality rates (MMR) in the industrialized world, with African American women having MMRs 3-4x higher than their White peers regardless of education, income, or other socioeconomic indicators.
As clinical practitioners providing safety-net obstetrical and well-woman healthcare to the women of Western North Carolina, we acknowledge structural and institutional racism as the root cause for inequities in maternal and infant mortality rates. Our Wicked Problem Impact Project seeks to eliminate these infant and maternal mortality inequities in our region, across the state, and beyond by solidifying a framework for racial health equity, supporting Sistas Caring 4 Sistas, an already established community-based doula program, and through replicating these services in other interested and engaged communities eager to address health disparities and improve maternal and infant outcomes.
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