Fort Worth Dallas Birthing Project
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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 preganancy 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]
[edit] References
- ^ a b Jarvis, Jan. "Healthier mothers, healthier babies", Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Star-Telegram Operating, Ltd., 2007-02-23, pp. B1. Retrieved on 2008-03-23. (English)
- ^ Jackson, Rachael. "Scanning the Non-profit Community", Critical Years: Childhood Wellbeing in Dallas County, The J McDonald Williams Institute, pp. 124. (English)
- ^ Carderelli, Kathryn (2007). "Improving perinatal outcomes in African American women: The Aintie Tia Program". . American Public Health Association
- ^ Jarvis, Jan. "Words of Experience Fight Mortality", Fort Worth Star Telegram, Fort Worth Star Telegram, 2007-12-27. Retrieved on 2008-03-23. (English)
- ^ Bassett, Elizabeth. "Study looks at pregnancy issues", Fort Worth Business Press, The Fort Worth Business Press, 2008-01-21. (English)
