For the past five years, the Burke Foundation has worked alongside community doula organizations. Through this work, the Foundation has seen how community doulas remain undervalued and underpaid, even though their care is associated with improved maternal and infant health outcomes and cost savings, particularly for Medicaid clients.
In this Health Affairs article, Turquoise Brewington, Renée Nogales, and Atiya Weiss share the challenges faced by the two pilots that the Foundation has funded, and the lessons learned to create working conditions where community doulas can thrive.
Contact: Leonela Serrano at 609-251-4030 or leonela@burkefoundation.org.
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