Labor and Delivery Doula Program to Reduce Perinatal Morbidity and Mortality in Kansas

Labor and Delivery Doula Program to Reduce Perinatal Morbidity and Mortality in Kansas

The study was done to learn how doula-enhanced care provided to Black birthing people improved perceived communication and quality care.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Black birthing people
• Received care and plan to delivery at the University of Kansas Medical Center
• Scored positive to social determinants of health screener
• Gestational age between 14-27.6 weeks at enrollment

Exclusion Criteria:

• Pregnancy not viable or pregnancy not intrauterine on ultrasound
• Patients who are not willing to be randomized into not receiving doula enhanced
• Patients who do not plan to delivery at the University of Kansas Health System
• Non-Black birthing people.
• Planned cesarean section
• Patients with a known major fetal anomaly
• Non-English speaking