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  • Maternity Care in Rural Areas Is in Crisis. Can More Doulas Help?

    Jess Mador

    July 29, 2024 |

    KFF Health News |

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    Response Location: United States, Albany, Georgia

    Morehouse School of Medicine is training local women to become doulas through its Perinatal Patient Navigators program. A dozen participants — all Black women — recently graduated from the program after five months of training, ready to provide care and support to other women of color in rural communities. Studies show the presence of a doula improves labor and delivery outcomes, reduces stress and results in fewer expensive childbirth interventions, like C-sections.

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  • This East Tenn. Program Aims to Stop NAS by Reaching Women Behind Bars

    Jess Mador

    September 17, 2019 |

    100 Days in Appalachia |

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    Response Location: United States, Tennessee

    In Tennessee, health officials are fighting against the the opioid epidemic by educating opioid-affected pregnant women about neonatal abstinence syndrome. Although several approaches have been implemented, the Voluntary Reversible Long Acting Contraceptive Jail Initiative specifically provides resources to incarcerated women since studies show "women serving time in jails face a high risk of giving birth to a baby with NAS."

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  • Pregnant Women Struggling with Addiction Say Doctors Turned Them Away. This Appalachian Clinic Is Changing That.

    Jess Mador

    September 17, 2019 |

    100 Days in Appalachia |

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    Response Location: United States, Knoxville, Tennessee

    The University of Tennessee Medical Center clinic has engaged a specific set of experts to form the High Risk Obstetrical Consultants team that focuses on treating opioid-addicted pregnant women as well as the infant after childbirth. The goal of the program is to stabilize the mother and then offer a choice for the rest of the pregnancy of either completely detoxing or remaining on medically assisted treatment.

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