As a visibly pregnant Stephanie Lewis shopped in a Walmart more than a decade ago, a woman she didn’t know approached her. “And she was like, ‘Do you have a doula?’ ” Lewis recalled. “And I was ...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – UAMS added at least 25 trainees to its doula training program, which is in its second year, with some changes added. According to the trainer of the program, Nicolle Fletcher, the ...

A new program at Texas Woman’s University is training students to be birth workers. The university’s doula program, a ...

To help meet a need for more health care workers, particularly in Weld County, a pilot program will begin later this month designed to introduce more doulas into the regional health care workforce.

A new certification process is part of Massachusetts’ goal to enable health insurance plans to cover and improve health outcomes for birth parents in the delivery room.

In recent decades, the U.S. has seen a movement toward more a holistic birth experience, increasing demand for doula services ...

More than 600 Missourians on Medicaid have given birth with help of doula since late 2024, when the program was launched as part of an effort to combat the state's poor birth outcome.

Doulas will soon be able to seek a credential through the state, and health officials are working to ramp up a home visiting program for newborns. The Department of Public Health is ...

Virginia Union University is the first HBCU to offer two doula courses. Virginia Union University announced the launch of a new doula certification program, making it the first historically Black ...