EBB 124 – Health Disparities, Advocacy, and COVID with Sabia Wade

Evidence Based Birth®

Rebecca Dekker

Pregnancy, Health & Fitness, Childbirth, Parenting, Birth, Medicine, Kids & Family, Doula, Obstetrician, Midwife

4.6 • 978 Ratings

🗓️ 15 April 2020

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, I interview Sabia Wade, a Black and Queer full spectrum doula, doula business coach and reproductive justice advocate. She is the founder of For The Village and Birthing Advocacy Doula Trainings. She’s also a Somatic Experience Practitioner in training. Sabia’s mission is to bring inclusive, accessible and full spectrum education and resources to all individuals and organizations dedicated to creating a world of inclusion, justice and equity to birthing people all over the world.

Sabia and I discuss health disparities and advocacy, and how both are being affected by the coronavirus pandemic.

For more information and news about Evidence Based Birth®, visit www.ebbirth.com. Find us on Facebook, Instagram, and Pinterest. Ready to get involved? Check out our Professional membership (including scholarship options) and our Instructor program. Find an EBB Instructor here, and click here to learn more about the Evidence Based Birth® Childbirth Class.

Resources:

Follow Sabia’s on Instagram @theblackdoula and @birthingadvocacy.

Connect with Sabina at The Black Doula and Birthing Advocacy. 
Donate to For the Village here.

See Sabia’s Marco Polo Channel here. 
For sliding scale and/or free assistance from a doula, and birth strategy planning during the pandemic, contact [email protected].
Black Maternal Health Week is April 14-21. Visit https://blackmamasmatter.org/bmhw/ to learn about upcoming webinars, resources, and more!

Selected news articles about health disparities and the coronavirus:

Transcript

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0:00.0	Hi everyone on today's podcast we're going to talk with Sabia Wade about health equity in the COVID-19 pandemic.
0:07.0	Welcome to the Evidence-Based Birth Podcast. My name is Rebecca Decker and I'm a nurse with
0:15.3	my PhD and the founder of Evidence Space Birth. Join me each week as we work together
0:20.8	to get evidence-based information
0:23.0	into the hands of families and professionals
0:25.4	around the world.
0:26.9	As a reminder, this information is not medical advice.
0:30.4	See EB-B-Birth.
0:31.2	com slash disclaimer for more details.
0:35.0	Hi everyone and welcome to today's Evidence Based Birth Podcast, where today we're going to talk with
0:41.8	Sabia Wade about health equity and COVID-19
0:45.2	and its impact on maternal health as well. Sabia is a black and queer full spectrum
0:50.0	Dula, a Dula business coach, and reproductive justice advocate. She is also a somatic
0:55.6	experience practitioner in training. Sabia is the founder of For the Village and Birth Advocacy
1:01.1	Dula trainings. Her mission is to bring inclusive, accessible, and full spectrum education and resources
1:07.0	to all individuals and organizations ready to take the next step in creating a world of inclusion, justice, and equity to birthing people all over the world.
1:15.0	Welcome Sabia to the Evidence Space Birth Podcast.
1:18.0	Hey Rebecca, happy to be here.
1:21.0	Yeah.
1:22.0	Thank you so much. Kind of fan-girling a little bit. I'm
1:24.6	fan-girling too because I think I started following your work a year ago and I was like
1:28.6	who is this person? Like on Instagram I was just so blown away by you know what you were doing and how much
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