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For this summer’s WUNC Youth Reporting Institute, participants were tasked with telling stories from their communities. Reporter Parys Smith spoke with medical professionals and the women in her family about the experience of Black women in the healthcare system.
LeoPatrizi/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- April 11-17, 2022, is Black Maternal Health Week, a time to put a spotlight on and have a national conversation about Black maternal health in the U.S., according to Black Mamas Matter Alliance, a nonprofit organization that founded the initiative five years ago. Naomi, a 37-year-old Black woman from Portland, Oregon, will have a doula by her side when she gives birth to her seventh child, a daughter, later this month. By using a doula -- a trained professional who provides support to moms before, during and after childbirth -- Naomi is part of a growing tr...
Melanoma, the only Black lactation and breastfeeding specialist in private practice in Indianapolis, offers lactation counseling.
The program augments the traditional doula training with information specific to Black women, and all the training is by instructors of color.
ABC News Turn on desktop notifications for breaking stories about interest? OffOn Black women in the U.S. are more likely to die in childbirth than other races. • 16 min read How maternal medical disparities affect women of color Plus, how the Department of Health and Human Services hopes to improve care within the next five years.iStock, ABC News Photo Illustration April 11-17, 2021, is Black Maternal Health Week, a time to put a spotlight on and have a national conversation about Black maternal health in the U.S., according to Black Mamas Matter Alliance, a nonprofit organization that fo...