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Addressing Transportation Barriers to Improve Healthcare Access in Arizona

https://repository.arizona.edu/handle/10150/674794

Advancing Health Equity and Value-Based Care: A Mobile Approach

https://info.primarycare.hms.harvard.edu/perspectives/articles/mobile-clinics-in-the-us-health-system#:~:text=Mobileclinicsareaproven,thecriticalweeksafterbirth

American College of Nurse Midwives

https://midwife.org/

American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG)

https://www.acog.org/

Birth Centers in Massachusetts

https://baystatebirth.org/birth-centers

A Brief History of Midwifery in America

https://www.ohsu.edu/womens-health/brief-history-midwifery-america

Clinical outcomes improve when patient’s and surgeon’s ethnicity match, study shows

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The Controversial Birth of American Gynecology

https://researchblog.duke.edu/2023/10/27/the-controversial-birth-of-american-gynecology/

'Father Of Gynecology,' Who Experimented On Slaves, No Longer On Pedestal In NYC

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Governor Healey Signs Maternal Health Bill, Expanding Access to Midwifery, Birth Centers and Doulas in Massachusetts

https://www.mass.gov/news/governor-healey-signs-maternal-health-bill-expanding-access-to-midwifery-birth-centers-and-doulas-in-massachusetts#:~:text=GovernorHealeySignsMaternalHealthBillCExpanding,ExecutiveOfficeofHealthandHumanServices

Governor Murphy Signs Bill Establishing Maternal and Infant Health Innovation Center

https://www.nj.gov/governor/news/news/562023/approved/20230717a.shtml

Helping Mothers and Children Thrive: Rethinking CMS’s Transforming Maternal Health (TMaH) Model

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The Historical Significance of Doulas and Midwives

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Infant Health and Mortality and Black/African American

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Legislature Passes Comprehensive Maternal Health Bill

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Life Story: Anarcha, Betsy, and Lucy

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