Understanding training and workforce pathways to develop and retain Black maternal health clinicians in California
- Collection:
- Health Policy and Services Research
- Series Title(s):
- Urban Institute research report
- Author(s):
- Harrison, Eona, author Mitchell, Faith, 1952- author Lacy, Leandra, author Taylor, Kimá Joy, author Fung, Lauren, author
- Contributor(s):
- Urban Institute. Metropolitan Housing and Communities Policy Center, issuing body.
- Publication:
- Washington, DC : Urban Institute, May 2023
- Language(s):
- English
- Format:
- Text
- Subject(s):
- Black or African American -- education Diversity, Equity, Inclusion Health Equity -- economics Health Policy Health Workforce -- organization & administration Maternal Health Services -- supply & distribution Midwifery -- education Nurse Specialists -- organization & administration Obstetricians -- supply & distribution California
- Genre(s):
- Technical Report
- Abstract:
- In 2022, with the goal of improving maternal health outcomes for Black Californians, the Urban Institute partnered with the California Health Care Foundation (CHCF) to chart a path toward increasing the number of Black maternal health care clinicians both within the state and across the country. With a focus on California, Urban researchers examined opportunities for and barriers to increasing the workforce of Black obstetrician/gynecologists (OB/GYNs), labor and delivery (L&D) nurses, and midwives. These maternal health workers represent a subset of the overall health care workforce examined in a previous Urban Institute–CHCF publication on improving and expanding programs to support a more diverse medical and nursing health care sector. Urban conducted in-depth interviews with Black maternal health care clinicians who represent different fields of practice and reviewed existing research on diversifying the maternal health workforce. This report describes our research findings, with a focus on training approaches and settings that have promoted or deterred academic and professional success. We also address care delivery models that have impeded or improved clients’ access to birthing practitioners and reimbursement policies that have affected practitioners financially. These challenges are similar to those faced by Black health care providers generally, but the researchers identified profession-specific barriers that signal the need for tailored workforce diversity efforts.
- Copyright:
- Reproduced with permission of the copyright holder. Further use of the material is subject to CC BY-NC-DC license. (More information)
- Extent:
- 1 online resource (1 PDF file (v, 26 pages))
- Illustrations:
- Illustrations
- NLM Unique ID:
- 9918627780306676 (See catalog record)
- Permanent Link:
- http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/9918627780306676