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Diverse Maternity Care Workforce Essential to Advance Birth Equity

A conversation with midwife Angela Sojobi about her decades of experience and the urgent need for more Black midwifery students.

March 14, 2024

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Black Maternal Health Crisis Requires Support for Black Health Care Workers

A new report from the Urban Institute addresses structural barriers to entering and remaining in the maternity care field.

June 23, 2023

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The Untapped Power of Midwives in California’s Maternity Care Ecosystem

California has a skilled midwifery workforce that’s ready to plug gaps in patient-centered, high-quality birthing care.

October 24, 2025

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Midwives Help Fill Maternity Care Gaps as California Faces OB-GYN Shortage

Patients’ access to birthing services would improve if numerous obstacles to midwives’ efforts were removed.

October 31, 2025

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California Health Care Almanac

Objective information on health care costs, coverage, quality, and delivery supports effective decisionmaking. The Almanac provides data and analysis on California’s health care system.

January 01, 2025

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Doctor Builds a Diverse Health Care Workforce for California

As president of the Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science in Los Angeles, David Carlisle, MD, PhD, is making what may be his greatest impact in a stellar career in academia, clinical care, and state health policymaking. In…

April 02, 2019

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Maternity Workforce Insights

This series of conversations takes a look at the critical roles of doulas, lactation professionals, mental health professionals, and midwives.

February 13, 2025

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UCSF Favors Pricey Doctoral Program for Nurse-Midwives Amid Maternal Care Crisis

Midwives questioned the university’s motivations at a time when the state has serious shortages of maternity care workers.

September 06, 2024

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What Is a Midwife? — Policy at a Glance

Midwives, ob/gyns, and family physicians are trained to deliver babies in California. In California, a worsening ob/gyn shortage paired with hospital labor and delivery unit closures have generated urgency for expanding access to midwives.

April 08, 2025

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More Doulas Are Needed in California’s Health Workforce

An interview with health equity advocate Sayida Peprah-Wilson about the future of doula care.

April 15, 2024

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How We Can Reduce Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Maternal Mental Health

Perinatal mental health specialist Anna King talks about the connections between maternal mental health and birth equity.

July 12, 2024

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Nurse Practitioners Can Offer More Abortion Care in Underserved Areas

A conversation with Sarah McNeil, family medicine doctor and family planning specialist focused on expanding health care access.

August 08, 2022

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Penalizing Abortion Providers Will Have Ripple Effects Across Pregnancy Care

The Supreme Court is moving toward reversing Roe v. Wade and eliminating the federal constitutional right to abortion. This could have immeasurable negative effects on pregnant people and families, including the loss of access to necessary treatment associated with miscarriage.

May 05, 2022

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Challenging Providers to Look Within Themselves

A new California law aims to reduce maternal deaths by requiring perinatal providers to undergo implicit bias training. CHCF supported development of a free e-learning course with tools to help maternity care providers reshape their care.

July 07, 2021

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AI and the Future of Health Care

Experts hope to leverage the data-analyzing prowess of artificial intelligence to address pressing equity questions, improve diagnostics, and enhance state Medicaid operations.

December 05, 2023

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Diverse Maternity Care Workforce Essential to Advance Birth Equity

Black Maternal Health Crisis Requires Support for Black Health Care Workers

The Untapped Power of Midwives in California’s Maternity Care Ecosystem

Midwives Help Fill Maternity Care Gaps as California Faces OB-GYN Shortage

California Health Care Almanac

Doctor Builds a Diverse Health Care Workforce for California

Maternity Workforce Insights

UCSF Favors Pricey Doctoral Program for Nurse-Midwives Amid Maternal Care Crisis

What Is a Midwife? — Policy at a Glance

More Doulas Are Needed in California’s Health Workforce

How We Can Reduce Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Maternal Mental Health

Nurse Practitioners Can Offer More Abortion Care in Underserved Areas

Penalizing Abortion Providers Will Have Ripple Effects Across Pregnancy Care

Challenging Providers to Look Within Themselves

AI and the Future of Health Care

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