Essays about: "community doula"

Found 1 essay containing the words community doula.

  1. 1. "Most people feel at home and safe. Because it feels like we are a family." : Cultural Doulas and their Experience in Supporting Migrants in the Swedish Maternal Healthcare System

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/Institutionen för kultur och samhälle

    Author : Leonie Salzmann; [2023]
    Keywords : Cultural doula; community doula; maternal healthcare; Sweden; migrant mothers; childbirth; qualitative study;

    Abstract : The study highlights the significant role that cultural doulas play in supporting and guiding migrant women during pregnancy, childbirth, and the postpartum period in Sweden. The Swedish healthcare system is understaffed, overburdened, and medically dominated, making it difficult for nurses and midwives to provide continuous and culturally-sensible care to their clients. READ MORE