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Subcommittee favors partnership over 'integration,' flags need to support doulas and inventory hospital policies
Summary
Members debated the meaning of 'integration' in the statute and said doulas favor partnership and autonomy; participants also discussed compensating doulas for participation and proposed an inventory of hospital doula-access policies and a phased pilot approach.
Members of the Doula Friendly Hospitals Workforce and Access Subcommittee pressed officials to define what 'doula integration' would mean in practice and urged the group to prioritize partnership models that preserve doulas’ autonomy.
Selena O, director of health equity and community engagement at the Connecticut Hospital Association, framed the concern: “Integration has a specific implication which is essentially institutionalizing the doula workforce, and that's what we've learned is that's not what doulas are looking for. They're looking for collaboration and…
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