Afua Hassaine Afua Hassaine moved to Houston to pursue a career in midwifery. She graduated from The Houston School of Midwifery in 1984. Afua is the founder, owner and licensed midwife of The Birthing Place. The Birthing Place is the … Continue reading →
Shazia Ashruf & Shaman Khan Topic: The Muslim ban and its effects on mothers and children Shazia Ashraf is an educator, community organizer and mother. She is the daughter of an interracial couple with Pakistani and Italian heritage, and is … Continue reading →
Afua Hassan Afua Hassan, Midwife, at The Birthing Place, joins us for Black History Month. We talk about some of our Houston midwives – Alberta Jordan, Margaret Smith, Mercy Inyang, Ayanna Ade – and the contributions they have made to … Continue reading →
Midwives of African American Descent – Houston Afua Hassaine, MW; Stephanie Palacio, CNM; Angeline Chambers, PhD, APRN, CNM; tells about African American Midwives and a Houston group MAD-H (Midwives of African American Descent – Houston) … Continue reading →
Afshan Malik and Najiyah Maxfield Afshan Malik works for Rabata, an organization that aims to bring positive cultural change through creative educational experiences. She writes regularly for online and community publications on topics ranging from parenting to nonprofit work. Afshan … Continue reading →
Saraswathi Vedam, RM FACNM MSN Sci D(hc) Chair, Birth Place Lab Associate Professor, UBC Midwifery Faculty of Medicine University of British Columbia Here are the goals of the study – Until now, US researchers have only studied the experience of childbirth … Continue reading →
Catrice Harris tells us about midwife history as it relates to women of color. Catrice as you might know is one of the two recipients of the BIRTH midwifery scholarship. Listen in and hear Catrice tell us about history of black … Continue reading →
Claudia Booker is a home birth Certified Professional Midwife (CPM) who serves the birth communities of the Washington DC, Maryland, and northern Virginia areas. For the last ten years her birthing services company, Birthing Hands of DC, (www.BirthingHandsDC.com) has provided a full … Continue reading →
Marianne Moore RN. CNM. Doctoral candidate at UT Houston School of Nursing describes some of the challenges in birthing, including how infant and maternal rates are higher for women of different backgrounds. … Continue reading →