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“There’s structural racism within the healthcare system,” says Kira Kimball, a certified doula. “Those are things that need to be addressed before we can see improvement.”
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.
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Q&A: Venus Standard explains importance of Black doulas Shawna De La Rosa | Apr 26, 2021 Share this: Venus Standard is an assistant clinical professor at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine’s Department of Family Medicine. She is launching a pilot program to recruit, train and increase the number of Black doulas in the state. It’s an effort that she hopes will improve the health outcomes of Black pregnant women. Shawna De La Rosa: Can you explain this pilot program and why it is important? Venus Standard: “We were awarded a $75,000 grant to launch a pilo...