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Reproductive Health Impact Released the Building Your Perinatal Team eBook

By RH Impact ⋅ October 24, 2023

Reproductive Health Impact (RH Impact) is proud to announce the release of its “Building Your Perinatal Team” e-book, infographic, and social media campaign created with support from the California Health Care Foundation (CHCF).

​​​Contact Information:
Jordan S. Woods 

Director, Culture Shift + Strategic Communications 

jwoods@rhimpact.org 

 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 

Reproductive Health Impact Released the Building Your Perinatal Team eBook 

A digital education project to show diversity in perinatal care professions. 

 

(October 23, 2023) Reproductive Health Impact (RH Impact) is proud to announce the release of its “Building Your Perinatal Team” e-book, infographic, and social media campaign created with support from the California Health Care Foundation (CHCF). The purpose of this project is to educate mothers, birthing people, community members, and health care providers about the diverse range of professionals available to support Black mothers and birthing people through the sexual and reproductive health cycle. 

  “CHCF is proud to support this much-needed project, which is a visual reminder of the research showing that the maternity care workforce can provide better care by reflecting the diversity of the mothers and birthing people it serves,” said Amelia Cobb, senior program officer at CHCF. “Also, expanding the maternity care workforce beyond OB-GYNs and nurses is critical for advancing Black birth equity in California and nationwide.” 

As part of the project the Training, Praxis, and Evaluation (TPE) Team at Reproductive Health Impact conducted research and created descriptions and graphic representations for eleven maternal health care professions including: obstetricians/gynecologists, midwives, anesthesiologists, maternal and child health nurses, full spectrum doulas, lactation counselors, pelvic floor therapists, childbirth educators, perinatal mental health specialists, perinatologists, and pediatricians. Once crafted, Reproductive Health Impact partnered with 6 Black-led community-based organizations throughout the U.S. and 12 maternal health practitioners to review the material for accuracy, cultural relevance, and relatability. These organizations include Crescent City Family Services (New Orleans, LA), T.L.C. Consulting & Maternal Healing (Oakland, CA), Jamaa Birth Village (Ferguson, MO), Village Birth International (Syracuse, NY), Kuluntu Reproductive Justice Center (Atlanta, GA), and Birth in Color RVA (Richmond, VA).  

“Again, RH Impact trusts community and birth workers to craft resources that impact how information is made relevant, digestible, and targeted to communities that often receive far fewer messages about perinatal services and resources available to them. With the new perinatal care team guide, we can amplify the work that birth workers and advocates are doing on the ground to improve perinatal education and care-seeking,” said Inas-Khalidah Mahdi Vice President of Equity Centered Capacity Building with RH Impact. 

This resource will be made available via the RH Impact website by clicking here. In addition to this announcement, we would also like to invite you to our Partner Call on Friday, October 27th, 2023, at 10 am PST/1 pm EST. Click here to RSVP. For questions, please email info@rhimpact.org. 

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The California Health Care Foundation is an independent, nonprofit philanthropy that works to improve the health care system so that all Californians have the care they need. We focus especially on making sure the system works for Californians with low incomes and for communities who have traditionally faced the greatest barriers to care. Visit www.chcf.org to learn more.  

Reproductive Health (RH) Impact: The Collaborative for Equity & Justice (RH Impact) is a fiscally sponsored program of The Praxis Project, a 501(c)(3) public charity. RH Impact is one of the nation’s leading experts and an advocate for change in the Black maternal health and infant mortality crises. RH Impact works to create transnational solutions that optimize Black maternal, infant, sexual, and reproductive wellbeing. We shift systems and culture through training, research, technical assistance, policy, advocacy, and community-centered collaboration. To learn more visit www.rhimpact.org for more information. 

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