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2020-2023, Cohort 5

Sistas Caring 4 Sistas: From Picnic Tables to Pioneers  

Home / Projects / Sistas Caring 4 Sistas: From Picnic Tables to Pioneers  

As clinical practitioners providing safety-net obstetrical and well-woman healthcare to the women of Western North Carolina, we acknowledge structural and institutional racism as the root cause for inequities in maternal and infant mortality rates.

Our Wicked Problem Impact Project seeks to eliminate these infant and maternal mortality inequities in our region, across the state, and beyond by solidifying a framework for racial health equity, strengthening our established Sistas Caring 4 Sistas community-based doula program and replicating these services in other interested and engaged communities eager to address health disparities and improve maternal and infant outcomes.

Project Details

Team Members
  • Dolly Pressley Byrd, PhD, CNM
  • Amanda Brickhouse Murphy, CNM
  • Crystal Cené, MD, MPH, FAHA
  • Beth Buys, MD

LocationAsheville, North Carolina

Focus Areas
  • Maternal & Infant Health
  • Racial Justice
  • Social Determinants of Health
Resources
  • Clinical Scholars Welcomes Cohort 2020-2023!

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