Doula Programs: Establishing Need for the Funders

When attempting to fund a doula program with grant awards, petitioners must establish need for the doula program in their community. The report described here will provide you with up-to-date statistics that can be plugged into your grant proposal.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has released the first of a series of assessments highlighting health disparities by sex, race and ethnicity, income, education, disability, and other social characteristics in the US. The CDC “Health Disparities and Inequalities Report, 2011” includes analysis and reporting of recent trends and ongoing variations in health disparities and inequalities in selected social and health indicators.

Key findings in the report include: large disparities persist in infant mortality rates, with infants born to black women 1.5 to 3 times more likely to die than infants born to women of other races/ethnicities. In addition, adolescent pregnancy and childbirth rates have been falling or remaining steady for all racial/ethnic minorities in all age groups. But disparities remain, with birth rates for Hispanics and non-Hispanic blacks at 3 and 2.5 times those of whites, respectively.

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.

Posted by Patty Brennan on January 27, 2011 • Filed under Doula Programs
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