#SaferBirthinBama
OUR PROGRAMS
B.I.R.T.H.: Building Inclusive, Resilient, Transformative Healthcare
Why BIRTH?
- Building: Strengthening healthcare infrastructure and partnerships.
- Inclusive: Ensuring all families, especially in rural areas, have access to evidence-based maternal care.
- Resilient: Promoting sustainable funding and policies that protect midwifery and community birth options.
- Transformative: Advancing maternal health through innovation, research, and advocacy.
- Healthcare: Creating a seamless integration of midwifery and modern medical practices.
Project LUNA
Porject Luna addresses post partum depression through a partnership with WAC: Women and Children's Counseling.
Silver Screenings 2016-present
Safer Birth in Bama owns the screening rights to several educational films related to increasing access to evidence based care and integrating care providers from Certified and Licensed Midwives to Physicians.
Titles Include:
The Mama Sherpas
Miss Margaret
Why Not Home?
Library Project 2020-present
Safer Birth in Bama has purchased and been donated 67 copies of the following DVDS and mailed them to one library per county as a resource for those interested in learning more about evidence based birth options and the benefits of natural childbirth. We hoped to expand this program in 2023 but have decided to pause this initiative as we work towards greater sustainability.
Titles Include:
The Mama Sherpas
Miss Margaret
Why Not Home?
Evidence Based Care Grant Initiatives
Thank you to Helen Keller Hospital for working to expand care through wireless monitoring.
Evidence Based Care Grant Initiatives
Thank you to NAMC for working to improve access to evidence based through the purchase of Nitrous Oxide.
Rural Access to Care Grant Initiatives
Thank you to Dr. Stephanie Mitchell for working diligently to increase access to care in Gainesville Alabama.