Erie Niagara Area Health Education Center, or AHEC, is dedicated to creating a diverse healthcare workforce and well-informed community. By joining forces with health professionals, high schools, universities, and students, they aim to expand the pipeline of student-to-professional networks within the Buffalo Niagara Region.
This week's guests are Kaila McCray and Madeline Ackley, program specialists for AHEC's Birth Equity Project, which aims to reduce Black and brown infant mortality and morbidity rates. They discuss a pilot program that connects Medicaid-eligible moms in Erie County with doulas who support moms during pregnancy, labor, and postpartum.
Listen to learn more about AHEC, the Birth Equity Project, how doulas have benefited moms in Erie County, doula recruitment, and the future of the pilot program.
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