Mothers, midwives and reimagining birthing in the South Bronx : breathe, now push / Jennifer Dohrn.
Dohrn, Jennifer, author.
2023
RG962.N48
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Title Mothers, midwives and reimagining birthing in the South Bronx : breathe, now push / Jennifer Dohrn.
Author Dohrn, Jennifer, author.
ISBN 9783031437779 (electronic bk.)
3031437772 (electronic bk.)
9783031437762
3031437764
DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-43777-9
Published Cham : Palgrave Macmillan, [2023]
Copyright ©2023
Language English
Description 1 online resource (xviii, 193 pages) : illustrations.
Other Standard Identifiers 10.1007/978-3-031-43777-9 doi
Call Number RG962.N48
Dewey Decimal Classification 362.198209747/275
Summary Women came through the doors at a community-based birthing center in the South Bronx seeking prenatal care. They had heard about the center from a neighbor, a parents' group at their children’s school, or the local mosque or church. What they found when they arrived was a brightly-colored waiting area that resembled a living room, children immersed in games in a corner, and staff that reflected the mosaic of cultures living in the surrounding apartments. They also met midwives who asked about their lives, their children, their families and traditions. If pregnancies developed complications, back-up obstetricians were there to give higher levels of care, with the women returning to the midwifery center afterwards. The results were healthy mothers and healthy babies. For over twenty years the center became a haven for women’s health care and a national exemplar. It is a tragic and unjust paradox that the United States, the highest income country in the world and the country with the largest budget for perinatal care, has rising rates of maternal mortality that disproportionately affect women of color. Yet an inner-city maternity center with midwifery care found solutions to the challenge of making birth safe for low-income populations, especially women of color. This oral history presents the stories of twelve women who participated in this care. As they tell it, the experience changed their lives and their understanding of what safe, quality maternal care can achieve. Jennifer Dohrn examines the systems that perpetuate disparities in care, from global to local, and describes essential components needed for change, using oral histories as evidence for the way forward towards maternal health as a human right. Jennifer Dohrn is a Professor and Assistant Dean of the Office of Global Initiatives and its PAHO/WHO Collaborating Center for Advanced Practice Nursing at Columbia University School of Nursing, USA. As Director of Midwifery Services, with the leadership of Dr. Ruth Lubic she initiated the first freestanding maternity center in an inner city in the United States in the Bronx, New York, which became a model for community-based midwifery care.
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Source of Description Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed November 15, 2023).
Series Palgrave studies in oral history. 2731-5681
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Chapter 1 Introduction: The Situation and the Story
Section I: Why is midwifery essential for a robust maternal health care system?
Chapter 2 Rosie Hernandez: Becoming a guardian of births for other women
Chapter 3 Jillia Edris: Speaking up for midwifery care
Chapter 4 Marylyn Garcia: Relying on midwifery care through birth and death
Section II: Deconstructing racism
Chapter 5 Lizette Aguilar: Deepening connection to her Latina heritage
Chapter 6 Zakiyyah Madyun: Finding her voice in policy
Chapter 7 Dana Keys: Understanding the racialization of the US health care system
Section III: Transforming legacy
Chapter 8 Elizabeth Miron: Breaking the legacy of maternal mortality
Chapter 9 Nana Oumou Toure: Connecting global to local
Chapter 10 Grace Zambrano: Building new traditions for her family
Section IV: Empowerment
Chapter 11 Tyice Tucker: Discovering strength and sense of self through her births
Chapter 12 Fatoumata: Becoming a leader against female cutting
Chapter 13 Nkenge Mollineaux: Facing tragedy while building her family
Chapter 14 Conclusion: Time to Push - A Call for Better Birthing and Safe Motherhood in America.

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