In a pioneering initiative aimed at addressing racist variations in mother and infants’s health, Virginia Union University launched the first state certificates program in Virginia in HBCU. This effort, which was established in partnership with color birth and the Ministry of Health in Virginia, seeks to provide culturally qualified care for the expected families throughout the Commonwealth.
A six -month certificate program is part of the Virginia Union University’s Health Initiative, an ambitious effort designed to expand allied health certificates. Programs such as Phlebotomy and CPR are already training, which reflects the university’s commitment to tackling health inequality by expanding health care offers.
According to the data of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, black women die during birth at a rate of three times the proportion of white women at the country level. In Virginia, the mother’s mortality for black women is the weakness of their white counterparts. In addition, infants born to black women in the state are three times more likely to die than born to women than other races.
Experts attribute these variations to several factors, including racial prejudice in health care, limited access to high -quality prenightal care, and the high prevalence of basic health conditions.
“By launching this pioneering Doula Certificate program, we are taking a bold step towards converting health care to the mother and black infants in Virginia,” said Velicia de Cosby, Dean of Virginia Union Technical College. “This program is more than training – it is related to saving lives, reducing variations, and empowering societies.”
According to press release The certification program that was issued by the university provides training in various aspects of the mother’s care, including:
- Caring for comprehensive mothers designed to support mothers before and after birth.
- Unbiaded, culturally specialized care in order to reduce ethnic variations in mother’s health.
- Resources aimed at enabling the expected families through education.
- Community health care aims to dismantle regular inequality.
The program is currently in the second group since its launch in the fall of 2024, and aims to create a network of Doulas committed to providing high -quality care designed for the needs of deprived societies. The launch of the Doula Certificate Program again proves that Virginia Union University’s advanced commitment to health stocks.
