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  • Midwife measures patient during an office visit.

    Midwifery Care in California

    Learn about midwifery care and California’s midwife workforce in this collection of CHCF resources.

    •Maternal Health
  • Mother and doula observe newborn at a birth center.
    Quick Read

    What Is a Birth Center?

    Despite offering high-quality perinatal care, 80% of California’s licensed birth centers have closed in five years. This fact sheet examines the compounding challenges that birth centers face.

    •Maternal Health
  • Midwife talks to new mother holding baby in the hospital.
    Quick Read

    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.

    •Maternal Health
  • Doula and client
    Report

    What Is a Doula? — Policy at a Glance

    Doulas improve birth outcomes and advance health equity, especially for families of color. California covers doula care for Medi-Cal enrollees, but opportunities remain to further expand access to doulas.

    •Maternal Health
  • Patient at office visit with midwife.
    Data Insight

    Understanding California’s Midwife Workforce

    Midwives are licensed clinicians who play a key role in the maternity care workforce. These snapshots present survey findings on licensed midwives and nurse-midwives in California.

    •Health Workforce
  • Toolkit

    Educating Perinatal Providers on Implicit Bias and Reproductive Justice

    California Senate Bill 464 aims to reduce pregnancy-related preventable deaths, severe illnesses, and associated health disparities. To help perinatal care providers comply with the law, CHCF supported the development of a free e-learning course that explicitly addresses the requirements of…

    •Maternal Health
  • Project

    CHCF Birth Equity Advisory Group

    •Health Workforce
  • Report

    California’s Midwives: How Scope of Practice Laws Impact Care

    To ensure that women’s health care needs are met, national organizations recommend that the midwifery workforce increase. This paper provides information on the different professional licensures, regulatory schemes, and scopes of practice for midwives in California and briefly reviews how…

    •Health Workforce