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Project aims
Building TrUst and UNiting Teams Through DouLa partnErship
Aim 1: Develop an integrated prenatal care model of medical providers and doulas
Aim 2: Compare the effectiveness of the integrated prenatal care model to standard prenatal care in improving healthcare engagement and trust and reducing adverse maternal outcomes.
Aim 3: Disseminate findings to scholarly and community-based forums, and actively pursue opportunities for systems- and policy-level change.
Study Population: 412 Black/AA pregnant people from the city of Milwaukee
MEET OUR TEAM |
Anna Palatnik, MD
Patrick J. and Margaret G. McMahon Endowed Chair Associate Professor Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at MCW 
Katherine Quinn, PhD
Associate Professor and Associate Director, Center for AIDS Intervention Research |
Jessica Olson, PhD, MPH
Assistant Professor in the Division of Community Health, in the Institute for Health & Equity and the Director of Innovation and Evaluation at MCW |
Joni Williams, MD, MPH
Associate Professor and health services researcher in the Department of Medicine at MCW |
Dalvery Blackwell, BA, IBCLC
Executive Director and Co-Founder of the African American Breastfeeding Network (AABN) doula organization |