Community-Based Approach to Enhancing Postpartum Support in the NICU

April 2023 - April 2025

UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh

We have partnered with The University of Pittsburgh to understand the experiences of Black families who have had a baby in the NICU and to provide access to a NICU doula for every parent from priority neighborhoods with the highest preterm birth rates in Allegheny County.

Healthy Start’s role in this project includes co-developing study design and protocols, managing community outreach and engagement—including focus group facilitation—and employing and managing the doula who is providing the study intervention.