COVID-19: How Can Doulas Support Pandemic Control?

Authors

  • Sitratullah O. Maiyegun, MD Department of Pediatrics, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, El Paso, Texas, USA
  • Korede K. Yusuf, MBBS, PhD College of Nursing & Public Health, Adelphi University, Garden City, NY, USA
  • Deepa Dongarwar, MS Center of Excellence in Health Equity, Training, and Research, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA
  • Sahra Ibrahimi, MPH College of Nursing & Public Health, Adelphi University, Garden City, NY, USA
  • Chioma Ikedionwu, MD Center of Excellence in Health Equity, Training, and Research, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA
  • Hamisu M. Salihu, MD, PhD Department of Family and Community Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA; Center of Excellence in Health Equity, Training, and Research, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21106/ijtmrph.337

Keywords:

COVID-19, Doulas Training Curriculum, Task Shifting, Epidemic Intelligence, Contact Tracing

Abstract

COVID-19 represents a great threat to public health in the 21st century so far, with the maternal and child (MCH) population being particularly vulnerable. With the healthcare workforce getting overwhelmed by a resurgence of cases, task-shifting approaches are a viable option to address the acute shortage of personnel for epidemic intelligence assignments related to the COVID-19 pandemic. We propose an intensive and short-duration curriculum to train Doulas versed in MCH epidemic intelligence and capable of reducing the burden of COVID-19 and its consequences on the MCH population. The effectiveness of the proposed curriculum will be monitored using a rapid-cycle evaluative approach to ascertain progressive enhancement over time.

 

Copyright © 2021 Maiyegun, et al. Published by Global Health and Education Projects, Inc. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License CC BY 4.0.

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Maiyegun, S., Yusuf, K. ., Dongarwar, D., Ibrahimi, S. ., Ikedionwu, C., & Salihu, H. . (2021). COVID-19: How Can Doulas Support Pandemic Control?. International Journal of Translational Medical Research and Public Health, 5(2), 72–75. https://doi.org/10.21106/ijtmrph.337

Issue

Vol. 5 No. 2 (2021)

Section

Commentary

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