Redesigning Maternal Health: Increasing Access to Doula Care

Doulas play a vital role in supporting pregnant, birthing, and postpartum people by providing a wide range of services that improve health outcomes and reduce maternal and infant mortality rates for every parent. Recently, efforts to expand medicaid and private insurance coverage for doula care, alongside investments in community-based doula programs, have ensured more families are benefiting from this critical care than ever before. Despite this progress, there’s still more work to be done to ensure equitable access to doula care for all.

Join us on Wednesday, October 15 for the third and final session in our Redesigning Maternal Health series, where we’ll spotlight innovative approaches to broadening doula access, including actionable, community-led, initiatives to bridging doula access for diverse, rural, and underserved communities.

Our expert panel will share:

• Advocacy wins and strategies for increasing access to doula services through Medicaid coverage 
• Best practices and lessons learned from closing access gaps through a community-based doula program
• Insights from creative initiatives which provide often-excluded populations with doula-level education trainings

Speakers

• Kyra Betts, Manager of Advocacy and Policy, Generate Health︱Vice President, The Doula Lab︱Creator, Dads to Doulas
• Amy Chen, Senior Attorney, National Health Law Program
• Breanna Grant, Perinatal Health Coordinator, Every Baby Guilford
• Angelica Mickel, Doula Coordinator, Every Baby Guilford
• Brittney Palmer, Birth Doula and Founder, Glow & Grow Childbirth︱Missions Manager (Mom & Baby Action Network), March of Dimes (Moderator)

Additional Resources

• Redesigning Maternal Health: Integrating Doulas into Care Teams
• Redesigning Maternal Health: Prioritizing Doula Well-being
• Investing in Doula Mental Health is an Investment in Positive Birth Outcomes
• Whole Person, Whole Health: Centering Mental Health in Maternal Care