Protecting Black mothers
How the history of midwifery can inform doula activism
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12912926 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Cara Marisa Cancelmo (0000-0001-9801-2576, University of Connecticut, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 15 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Publication date | 2021-03-16 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Sociology Compass (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1751-9020 • E-ISSN: 1751-9020 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/soc4.12867 |
| OpenAlex | W3137541588 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
| References cited | 21 |
In response to the crisis of racist disparities in maternal mortality, many activists are pushing for increased access to birth doulas for Black women. As states and municipalities respond by incorporating doulas into hospital settings with increasingly common requirements for doula certification, it is more important than ever to investigate the role of doulas, and how that role might change under the medical model of birth within US hospitals. Will activism for doulas turn into arguments for the “right” to a doula? Without the full privileges of citizenship—will the most marginalized women be left out of that right despite their health and safety being at the origins of the activist struggle? To investigate these questions, we can look to the history of midwives in the United States, and examine how the midwifery model of childbirth changed as activists fought for increased access to midwives to improve birth outcomes
Certification · Childbirth · Citizenship · Obstetrics · Political science · Politics · Pregnancy · Sociology · Gender Studies · Historical Studies on Reproduction, Gender, Health, and Societal Changes · Law · Medicine · Nursing · Reproductive Health and Contraception
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Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Pregnancy-Related Deaths — United States, 2007–2016
A Hospital-Based Doula Program and Childbirth Outcomes in an Urban, Multicultural Setting
Doulas as childbirth paraprofessionals
Concepts of race and ethnicity among health researchers
Doula Care, Birth Outcomes, and Costs Among Medicaid Beneficiaries
Miscegenation and Competing Definitions of Race in Twentieth-Century Louisiana
Combating Racial Health Disparities through Medical Education
Sexual, Intimate or Reproductive Citizenship
Is Racism a Fundamental Cause of Inequalities in Health
Race Tests
Genes, Race, and Culture in Clinical Care
Obstetric Racism
| Unique citing works | 6 |
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| Citations per year | 1,5 |
| Citation span | 2022 - 2026 (5) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 6 |