Each year in the United States, hundreds of people die during pregnancy or in the year following. According to the CDC, Black women are three times more likely to die from a pregnancy-related cause than White women.
The GW School of Nursing launched a MSN: Nurse-Midwifery program that integrates research and nurse-midwifery practice, with a strong emphasis on women’s health and primary care throughout the life-span and addressing the maternity care crisis in the US.
Experts are available to offer insight into the maternal health crisis, reducing the maternal mortality rate and the need for more midwives. If you would like to schedule an interview, please contact Katelyn Deckelbaum, katelyn.deckelbaum@gwu.edu.
Suzan Ulrich is the director of midwifery education at the GW School of Nursing. She has been a midwife since 1983 and an educator of nurses and midwives for over 40 years.
Tarnisha Hemphill is an assistant professor of nursing at GW. Her area of expertise is promoting diversity and equity in health care and improving prenatal care access to underserved populations with health disparities.
Jameta Nicole Barlow, PhD, MPH, a Charlottesville, Virginia native, is a community health psychologist and an assistant professor of writing at The George Washington University in Washington, DC. She is also the Director of Undergraduate Studies for the Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Program. Dr. Barlow utilizes decolonizing methodologies to disrupt intergenerational trauma, chronic health diseases and structural policies adversely affecting Black girls’ and women’s health. Dr. Barlow holds a Bachelor of Arts (BA) in English from Spelman College, a Master of Public Health (MPH) in Maternal and Child Health from The George Washington University and a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Psychology from North Carolina State University. Her writings on Black girls’ and women’s health, intersectionality and restorative health practices in psychology and public health research appear in various publications.
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