Urban Perinatal Education Center

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    • INTENTION
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    • Easy Access Clinic
    • Doula Referral Request
    • Contact Us
    • Collective
    • SUPPORT

Urban Perinatal Education Center

Urban Perinatal Education CenterUrban Perinatal Education CenterUrban Perinatal Education Center
  • Home
  • INTENTION
  • Impact
  • Childbirth Education
  • Easy Access Clinic
  • Doula Referral Request
  • Contact Us
  • Collective
  • SUPPORT

Where equity Meets community

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Centering Birth Communities

Where equity Meets community

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Centering Birth Communities

We're bringing community to maternal care SUPPORT

The Urban Perinatal Education Center wants to change the way you experience perinatal health, education and services. Family centered, patient driven and community initiated - let's build our future together. 

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About Us

Culturally Congruent Care and Community

Culturally Congruent Care and Community

Culturally Congruent Care and Community

 Representation in health care matters and promotes health equity. Recent research suggest that Black provider based care for Black families can cut mortality rates 

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Supporting Equity in Care

Culturally Congruent Care and Community

Culturally Congruent Care and Community

 Maternal Health care inequities and disparities remain a symptom of institutional and systematic racism, especially in maternal health. Postpartum studies suggest that extra support and care is necessary to reduce such poor outcomes 

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Building a Workforce for Change

Culturally Congruent Care and Community

Building a Workforce for Change

 We know that communities empowered are the drivers for impact. This is more than recruitment but sustainability of both the community and its workforce race based equity pay is paramount to establishing justice.  

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Maternal Health in Rhode Island

Disparaging Data of Black Maternal Health Crisis in RI

 

Non-Hispanic  (NH) Whites (33.1%) have a lower rate of unintended  pregnancies compared to Hispanics (45.6%), and NH Blacks (61.9%). 

NH  Black (22%), Hispanic (18%), and NH Asian (16%) women are more likely  to receive delayed prenatal care than NH White women (13%).

During  pregnancy, NH Black women are almost two times as likely to experience  serious pregnancy-related health complications (preeclampsia, eclampsia,  gestational diabetes, etc.) compared to NH White women.  Additionally,  low income and NH Black women were most likely to experience depression  during pregnancy. 


A  community survey reports that participants chose mental health (e.g.,  postnatal depression or anxiety (29%) and culturally responsive  pregnancy/postpartum education and care (12%) as the top issue related  to pregnancy and birth.


  In 2018, Black women (382.7 per 10,000 delivery  hospitalizations) had a higher maternal morbidity rate than White women (224.8 per 10,000). Racial/ethnic disparities can also  be seen among delivery hospitalizations regarding blood transfusions  (Black women: 293.9 per 10,000; White women: 141.2 per 10,000) and  hypertensive disorders (Black women: 520.4 per 10,000; White  women: 288.7 per 10,000).  



We build capacity for multicultural and multilingual providers to adequately educate and support

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Events

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International Women's Day

March 8

National Day of Celebration

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International Women's Day

March 8

National Day of Celebration

National Black Midwives Day

March 14

National Day of Celebration

National Black Midwives Day

March 14

National Day of Celebration

april

401Gives Event

April 1

Waterfire

april

401Gives Event

April 1

Waterfire

Chocolate Milk Cafe RI (Virtual)

April 6

Week long learning events

Chocolate Milk Cafe RI (Virtual)

April 6

Week long learning events

Black Maternal Health Week 2023: Black Joy

April 11

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April 17

Week long learning events

Black Maternal Health Week 2023: Black Joy

April 11

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April 17

Week long learning events

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 Building out a space for our team:  Perinatal Resource Coordinator, Certified Lactation Professionals , Childbirth Educators, and Perinatal Mental Health Advocates (PMH-C)  

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