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Research & Data
- African-American mothers’ persistent excessive maternal death rates
- Black Women's Maternal Health: A Multifaceted Approach to Addressing Persistent and Dire Health Disparities
- Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Pregnancy-Related Deaths — United States, 2007–2016
- Breastfeeding Indicators, Rates, Disparities, and Improvements
- Breastfeeding Disparities in African American Women
- Top Five Reasons We Need A Black Breastfeeding Week
- Who, What, Why: Why do African-American women breastfeed less?
- Breastfeeding Disparities in African American Women
- Your Guide to Breastfeeding for African American Women
- @blackdoulaproject
- @nationalblackdoulas
- @blackwomenbirthing
- @blackwomenshealth
- @blackmidwivesalliance
- @blacksistersmidwifery
- @blackbirthworkersrock
- @blackwomenbirthing
- @birthbygrace
- @natalstories
- @iamksealsallers - Black Breastfeeding Week & @theirthapp Founder
- @devoncharise - Doula - Los Angeles, CA
- @t3doulaservices - Atlanta, GA
- @giftedhandsmidwifery - Central & North, GA
- @sanantonionursemidwife - Midwife - San Antonio, TX
- @honoredintuition - Doula - Los Angeles, CA
- @kinksncrowns - Doula - Austin, TX
- @crimson_fig - Midwife - Los Angeles, CA
- @kindredspacela - Los Angeles, CA
- @the_naabb - National Association to Advance Black Birth
- @blackwomendobirthwork
- @sistersong_woc - The National Women of Color Reproductive Justice Collective
- Crimson Fig Midwifery (Los Angeles, CA)
- Mama Glow (New York)
- Chicago Birth Workers Collective (Chicago, IL)
- Sista Midwife Productions (New Orleans, LA)
- Restoring Our Own Through Transformation
- National Black Doulas Association
- Black Mamas Matter
- 5 Black Birth Workers You Should Know About
- What Its Like to Be a Midwife or Doula Fighting Black Maternal Mortality
- 8 Ways We Can Actually Reduce Black Maternal Mortality
- You're Black and Pregnant. What Should Your Birth Plan Actually Look Like?
- Postpartum Care in America is Shamefully Inadequate. Here's What Needs to Change
- Black Mothers Keep Dying After Giving Birth. Shalon Irving's Story Explains Why
- Black & Giving Life with Tayo Mbande of Chicago Birthworks
- Racial and Ethnic Disparities Continue in Pregnancy-Related Deaths
- America is Failing Its Black Mothers
- COVID-19 is Making Black Maternal Morality Worse
- Closing the Maternal Mortality Gap and Improving Outcomes for Mothers
- Why are Black Mothers and Infants More Likely to Die in U.S. from Pregnancy Related Causes?
- City Planning's Role in Black Maternal Mortality
- U.S. Maternal Morality is Much Higher for African Americans
- The Fight to End Texas' High Maternal Mortality Rate
- Maternal Morality Review Terminology
- "Birthing Justice: Black Women, Pregnancy, and Childbirth" by Julia Chinyere & Alicia D. Bonaparte
- "Killing the Black Body: Race, Reproduction, and the Meaning of Liberty" by Dorothy Roberts
- "The Price for Their Pound of Flesh: The Value of the Enslaved, from Womb to Grave, in the Building of a Nation" by Daina Ramey Berry
- "Reproductive Injustice: Racism, Pregnancy, and Premature Birth" by Dana-Ain Davis