Informing
Here you will find resources useful for doulas, healthcare professionals and for those considering enlisting a doula to support them or their loved ones.
Research and Studies on Doula Support
- Cochrane Report - Continuous Support for Women During Childbirth (2017)
- Cochrane Report - Perceptions and experiences of labour companionship: a qualitative evidence synthesis (2019)
- World Health Organisation - Policy Brief: Companion of choice during labour and childbirth for improved quality of care (2020)
- World Health Organisation - WHO recommendations: intrapartum care for a positive childbirth experience (2018)
- Bridging Health Disparities and Improving Reproductive Outcomes With Health Center-Affiliated Doula Programs (2023)
- Community-based doula support for migrant women during labour and birth (2020)
- An Integrative Review: The Role of the Doula in Breastfeeding Initiation and Duration (2021)
- Describing the end-of-life doula role and practices of care: perspectives from four countries (2020)
- Impact of Doulas on Healthy Birth Outcomes (2013)
- Doula care across the maternity care continuum and impact on maternal health (2022)
- EDN Doula Survey 2020 (overview)
- Historical Research into (western) pregnancy and childbirth
Films and Books about doulas and their work
Films
- Active Birth: Your Guide to Nature's Plan
- Birth Story: Ina May Gaskin and the Farm Midwives
- Doula!
- Freedom for Birth
- Mamíferas (Spanish)
- Microbirth
- Orgasmic Birth!
- Una Historia del Rebozo (Spanish)
- O Renascimento do Parto (Portuguese)
- The Birth of Reborn 3
- The Business of Being Born
Books
Authors/Speakers
Useful Links (European and International)
- Evidence Based Birth
- WHO - World Health Organisation
- ICI - International Childbirth Initiative
- AIMS - Association for Improving Maternity Services
- United Nations Women: The Virtual Knowledge Centre to End Violence against Women and Girls
- Human Rights in Childbirth - Legal
- Birthrights - Human Rights Facts and Training, UK
- Birthright - Unplanned Pregnancy, Canada/USA/Africa
- ENCA - European Network of Childbirth Associations
- Hypnobirthing - Mongan, KGH, Wise Hippo
Refugee/Vulnerable People Support
EDN Doula Survey 2023
EDN is uniquely positioned to gather data about doula support across Europe. Anita and Špela discuss the motivation behind the EDN Doula Survey 2023 and it's origins in the EDN Doula Survey 2020, designed by Anita and Debbie, which came out as we entered global pandemic lockdown.
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EDN Doula Survey 2020: Interactive Country Presentation
