2010
DOI: 10.2105/ajph.2009.182873
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Nothing to Work With but Cleanliness: The Training of African American Traditional Midwives in the South

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“…For several reasons, white women with higher levels of education have been the predominant users of community birth settings in the United States in recent decades 36 . This was not always so; in prior eras, African American women were more likely to give birth at home with midwives, whether because of racial discrimination in hospitals, issues of cost, preference for the culturally matched care model provided by Black midwives, or a combination of these factors 37 . Providing culturally rigorous, risk‐appropriate care to Black individuals has been proposed as one lever with great potential to mitigate Black‐white disparities in perinatal health 38,39 …”
Section: Increasing Equitable Access To Integrated Perinatal Carementioning
confidence: 99%
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“…For several reasons, white women with higher levels of education have been the predominant users of community birth settings in the United States in recent decades 36 . This was not always so; in prior eras, African American women were more likely to give birth at home with midwives, whether because of racial discrimination in hospitals, issues of cost, preference for the culturally matched care model provided by Black midwives, or a combination of these factors 37 . Providing culturally rigorous, risk‐appropriate care to Black individuals has been proposed as one lever with great potential to mitigate Black‐white disparities in perinatal health 38,39 …”
Section: Increasing Equitable Access To Integrated Perinatal Carementioning
confidence: 99%
“…Although many factors have contributed to fewer Black women using community settings in recent decades, improving financial access is critical 37 . Community childbirth care typically lacks reimbursement, resulting in out‐of‐pocket expenses and thereby limiting socioeconomic diversity of the population who give birth in the community 9 .…”
Section: Increasing Equitable Access To Integrated Perinatal Carementioning
confidence: 99%
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“…Likewise, Certified Professional Midwives (CPMs) report being stretched to accommodate the growing desire for home birthing. The call for home birth is especially strong among Black women whose trust in obstetric care was broken 200 years ago and remains fragile, and in the rural South, where midwifery is tightly regulated (Morrison and Fee 2010 ).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%