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Doula Programs & Centering Pregnancy Model
The Centering Healthcare Institute (CHI) will host its 1st National Centering Research Symposium, “Evidence for Centering Group Care: Linking Research and Practice” in Chicago, IL on April 28-29, 2011. The meeting will include presentations of Centering studies by researcher from across the country and a keynote address, “Innovation, Integration, Inspiration: Using Groups to Transform Prenatal Care.” CHI’s mission is to change the paradigm of health services to a group care model in order to improve the overall health outcomes of mothers, babies, and new families. Centering is an evidence-based redesign of health care delivery that helps to promote: safety, efficiency, effectiveness, timeliness, culturally appropriate patient-centered care, and more equitable care.
In recent years March of Dimes has promoted the Centering Pregnancy model as an evidence-based intervention for families at risk. There may be an opportunity here for doula programs to partner with midwives and other care providers who are implementing the Centering model. The incorporation of doulas into the model makes sense and is perfectly congruent with the overall approach. It is innovative and may get the attention of funders like the March of Dimes.
The Doula Programs blog provides a forum for doula program visionaries and implementers to consider common challenges, ask questions, and learn from each other. Patty Brennan is the author of The Doula Business Guide: Creating a Successful MotherBaby Business.