Fort Worth Dallas Birthing Project Explained

The Fort Worth/Dallas Birthing Project is a project which connects volunteers, called "SisterFriends", with high-risk, pregnant teenagers in North Texas, with the aim of reducing the area's infant mortality rate.[1] Volunteers provide emotional and practical support during pregnancy and for one year after birth.[2] Since the program began in 1997, it has helped more than 140 mothers, mainly in the African-American and Hispanic communities of Tarrant County, Texas, where the infant mortality rate is higher than the state and national averages.[1]

The project also runs the Aintie-Tia Program which trains volunteers to support African-American women between 18 and 35 during and after pregnancy with pre- and post-natal education and assistance during labor.[3] Funding is provided by the University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth and the Amon G. Carter Foundation.[4]

In 2008, the National Institutes of Health funded a study into the effects of the program on birth outcomes.[5]

References

  1. News: Jarvis . Jan . Healthier mothers, healthier babies . Fort Worth Star-Telegram . B1 . Star-Telegram Operating, Ltd. . 2007-02-23 . 2008-03-23.
  2. News: Jackson . Rachael . Scanning the Non-profit Community . Critical Years: Childhood Wellbeing in Dallas County . 124 . The J McDonald Williams Institute .
  3. Web site: Carderelli, Kathryn . Improving perinatal outcomes in African American women: The Aintie Tia Program . American Public Health Association . 2007 . https://web.archive.org/web/20081014031920/http://apha.confex.com/apha/135am/techprogram/paper_159122.htm . 2008-10-14 . dead .
  4. News: Jarvis . Jan . Words of Experience Fight Mortality . Fort Worth Star Telegram . Fort Worth Star Telegram . 2007-12-27 . 2008-03-23.
  5. News: Bassett . Elizabeth . Study looks at pregnancy issues . Fort Worth Business Press . The Fort Worth Business Press . 2008-01-21 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110711061757/http://www.fwbusinesspress.com/display.php?id=6947 . 2011-07-11 . dead .

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