Catherine Varner
Biographic Data
| ID | 329255 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Catherine Varner |
| GIVEN NAMES | Catherine |
| FAMILY NAME | Varner |
| SIGNATURE | VARNER C |
| AFFILIATIONS | The Educated Birth Richmond Virginia USA |
| ORCID | 0009-0009-8138-5988 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 3 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Disrupting the binary
This visual essay integrates art, reproductive health education, and lived experience to explore how visual storytelling can transform perinatal care. Clinical realities and equitable care — attention to a patient’s dignity, autonomy, and wholeness — are too often framed as a binary, as though one must be prioritized and dictate the course of care. My experience as a community-based birth worker, educator, and patient points in another direction:…
Artistic Interlude
The illustration, Four Attempts Between, reflects on a pivotal moment during the birth of my first child, when four failed IV attempts became the most prolonged and painful part of labor. I came to see my own body as rendered an "anti-body" within a system that could not meet my needs-even in moments meant to be routine. This personal rupture echoes Davis's framing of how Black women's bodies are positioned for failure in medical settings, regard…
Reframing How Early Pregnancy Loss Is Viewed in the Emergency Department
Women experiencing early pregnancy loss frequently seek care in emergency departments or early pregnancy clinics. The existing qualitative literature on the experience of miscarriage has yet to address how to connect how these women perceive their care experience and the prevailing structures which may be at the root of why their experience continues to be challenging. This study aimed to look deeper into the sources of negative experiences of ea…
Reframing How Early Pregnancy Loss Is Viewed in the Emergency Department
Women experiencing early pregnancy loss frequently seek care in emergency departments or early pregnancy clinics. The existing qualitative literature on the experience of miscarriage has yet to address how to connect how these women perceive their care experience and the prevailing structures which may be at the root of why their experience continues to be challenging. This study aimed to look deeper into the sources of negative experiences of ea…
Reframing How Early Pregnancy Loss Is Viewed in the Emergency Department
Women experiencing early pregnancy loss frequently seek care in emergency departments or early pregnancy clinics. The existing qualitative literature on the experience of miscarriage has yet to address how to connect how these women perceive their care experience and the prevailing structures which may be at the root of why their experience continues to be challenging. This study aimed to look deeper into the sources of negative experiences of ea…
Artistic Interlude
The illustration, Four Attempts Between, reflects on a pivotal moment during the birth of my first child, when four failed IV attempts became the most prolonged and painful part of labor. I came to see my own body as rendered an "anti-body" within a system that could not meet my needs-even in moments meant to be routine. This personal rupture echoes Davis's framing of how Black women's bodies are positioned for failure in medical settings, regard…
Disrupting the binary
This visual essay integrates art, reproductive health education, and lived experience to explore how visual storytelling can transform perinatal care. Clinical realities and equitable care — attention to a patient’s dignity, autonomy, and wholeness — are too often framed as a binary, as though one must be prioritized and dictate the course of care. My experience as a community-based birth worker, educator, and patient points in another direction:…
Aesthetics (1 work) · Art (1 work) · Cognitive reframing (1 work) · Computer Science (1 work) · Emergency department (1 work) · Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health (1 work) · History (1 work) · History (1 work) · Homicide, Infanticide, and Child Abuse (1 work) · Maternal and Perinatal Health Interventions (1 work)