Reading More: Resources for Open Arms

The following is a resource list on issues surrounding the work we do at Open Arms.

Chicago HealthConnect One website on community-based doula programs and fact sheets, including:

• HealthConnect One Doula Fact Sheet
• HealthConnect One Doula Research Sheet

Cochrane Review of Continuous Support for Women During Childbirth – an overview of the medical literature on doulas.

Homicide: A Leading Cause of Injury Deaths Among Pregnant and Postpartum Women in the United States, 1991-1999.

CDC Report: United States Ranks 30th in Infant Mortality (between Poland and Slovakia)

CDC Report: Recent Trends in Infant Mortality in the United States. Includes racial differences in infant mortality

CDC Report: Physical abuse during pregnancy

Thrive By Five Washington

White Center Early Learning Initiative (WCELI) partnership with Open Arms Perinatal Services

Seattle Human Services Awards 2010