Doula care across the maternity care continuum and impact on maternal health: Evaluation of doula programs across three states using propensity score matching

Summary: Background: This evaluation of doula care emerges at a time when maternal mortality in the U.S. outranks every country in the developed world. Study objectives were to: 1) examine when over the maternity care continuum and with whom (i.e., clinical providers) doula care provides the greate...

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Main Authors: April M. Falconi, Samantha G. Bromfield, Trúc Tang, Demetria Malloy, Denae Blanco, RN Susan Disciglio, RN Winnie Chi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2022-08-01
Series:EClinicalMedicine
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2589537022002619