Saving Maternal Health: The Racialized Labor and Burnout of Birthworkers of Color in the United States
Journal of Health and Social Behavior
Published online on January 21, 2026
Abstract
Journal of Health and Social Behavior, Ahead of Print.
Medicalized birth experiences are associated with poor outcomes for people of color. Nonclinical birthworkers, such as doulas, have been identified as a solution to this inequity. With this reliance on birthworkers of color to reverse racial maternal ...
Medicalized birth experiences are associated with poor outcomes for people of color. Nonclinical birthworkers, such as doulas, have been identified as a solution to this inequity. With this reliance on birthworkers of color to reverse racial maternal ...