5 Actions for Providing Affirming Care

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Minority Stress and Language Foundation

Minority Stress speaks to the added chronic psychological distress experienced by minority groups layered on top of everyday stressors felt by those of the larger community.

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Food Insecurity in Pregnancy, Receipt of Food Assistance, and Perinatal Complications

“In this cohort study, food insecurity in pregnancy was associated with a higher risk of perinatal complications, and these associations were overall attenuated to the null among individuals who received food assistance in pregnancy. These findings support clinical guidelines of screening for food insecurity in pregnancy and provide evidence to expand food assistance programs that may help improve maternal and neonatal outcomes.” See link for more information.

Food Insecurity in Pregnancy, Receipt of Food Assistance, and Perinatal Complications

Indigenous doulas helping Native moms take back their health after centuries of discrimination

“Now, organizations across North America are resuscitating the practice of Indigenous doulas. They’re training them to offer culturally safe, emotional and physical care, relying on traditional knowledge and reestablishing their place in the health care system: by the sides of Indigenous birthing women, where today’s doulas say they were always meant to be.” Read more below!
Indigenous doulas are helping Native moms take back their health after centuries of discrimination

National Indian Health Board Tribal Prenatal-to-Three Policy Agenda

The National Indian Health Board developed the Tribal Prenatal-to-Three Policy Agenda to raise
awareness regarding the most impactful and culturally appropriate policy levers and strategies
to support American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) health and wellbeing in the earliest years
of life, from the prenatal period through age 3. These recommendations chart a path forward to
health equity and improved outcomes for AI/AN families, infants, and toddlers.
2024 Tribal Prenatal-To-Three Policy Agenda