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Maternal, Child & Adolescent Health Division

2019 – 2024 Results for Perinatal Equity Initiative Midwifery

The Midwifery scholarship intervention focuses on increasing the number of Black midwives. It offers scholarships to students enrolled in midwifery training programs.

One LHJ selected this intervention for their community.
This intervention is not based on a specific model but centers on workforce development through scholarship support and outreach.
The primary “Is Anyone Better Off?" measure for this intervention is:

Percent of Black students who applied to the midwifery program and received the scholarship award.

Successes

The midwifery website had thousands of visits (>3,000) every fiscal year during the period. Around one percent of visitors applied, with percent of applicants receiving the award ranging from 16.3% in FY 2021–2022 to 22.2% of applicants in FY 2023–2024.

Dashboard

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References

RBA was created by Mark Friedman who has the intellectual property of the concepts and information about RBA, including the book Trying Hard Is Not Good Enough: How to produce measurable improvements for clients and communities (2005, 2015) and the website www.raguide.org. Visit this site to learn more about Turn the Curve thinking.