Childbirth Professionals International can assist your hospital, birth center, or local community group to develop a program to provide doula care to pregnant women and their families.
Many hospitals in the United States have successful doula programs using one or a combination of the following models:
- Hospital managed free volunteer doula program
- Hospital managed out of pocket paid doula program
- Partnership with local community doula program
- Families self select their own private doula
Examples of Hospital Doula Programs
- Sutter Davis Hospital
- San Francisco General Hospital
- UC San Diego
- Eastern Connecticut Health Network
- Johns Hopkins Medical Center
- Valley Health System, New Jersey
- Lexington Medical Center
Consultant Services
Assistance with the start or growth of doula programs:
- Proposal preparation
- Program development
- Program management
- Volunteer recruitment and screening
- Training and certification program (click for info)
Doulas provide important care as part of the health team. Doula care has the following benefits for women giving birth:
- Reduces anxiety and stress
- Shortens labor
- Reduces labor pain
- Reduces need for medication
- Reduces need for vacuum/forceps
- Reduces cesarean birth
- Increase overall satisfaction with birth experience
“Everything about birth is better when a doula is present.”
Read “The Evidence for Doulas” by Rebecca L. Dekker, PhD, RN, APRN Click to read.
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