{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["7(1)"],"submitter":["Mottl-Santiago J"],"pubmed_abstract":["<h4>Background</h4>Racial inequities in maternal health outcomes, the result of systemic racism and social determinants of health, require maternity care systems to implement interventions that reduce disparities. One such approach may be support from a community doula, a health worker who provides emotional support, peer education, navigation, and advocacy for pregnant, birthing, and postpartum people who share similar racial identities, cultural backgrounds, and/or lived experiences. While community support during birth has a long tradition within communities of Black Indigenous and People of Color (BIPOC), the reframing of community doula support as a social intervention that reduces disparities in clinical outcomes is recent.<h4>Methods</h4>We conducted a pragmatic randomized trial at "],"journal":["Health equity"],"pagination":["466-476"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC10507922"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"pubmed_title":["Effectiveness of an Enhanced Community Doula Intervention in a Safety Net Setting: A Randomized Controlled Trial."],"pmcid":["PMC10507922"],"pubmed_authors":["Rodrigues D","Spencer L","Cabral H","Feinberg E","Mottl-Santiago J","Dukhovny D","Valle EA"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Effectiveness of an Enhanced Community Doula Intervention in a Safety Net Setting: A Randomized Controlled Trial.","description":"<h4>Background</h4>Racial inequities in maternal health outcomes, the result of systemic racism and social determinants of health, require maternity care systems to implement interventions that reduce disparities. One such approach may be support from a community doula, a health worker who provides emotional support, peer education, navigation, and advocacy for pregnant, birthing, and postpartum people who share similar racial identities, cultural backgrounds, and/or lived experiences. While community support during birth has a long tradition within communities of Black Indigenous and People of Color (BIPOC), the reframing of community doula support as a social intervention that reduces disparities in clinical outcomes is recent.<h4>Methods</h4>We conducted a pragmatic randomized trial at ","dates":{"release":"2023-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2023","modification":"2026-04-29T02:30:33.339Z","creation":"2025-02-19T04:01:45.529Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC10507922","cross_references":{"pubmed":["37731785"],"doi":["10.1089/heq.2022.0200"]}}