Subcommittee 1:
Care Experience

Goal:

System accountability for high-quality care for pregnant and postpartum women and infants

 

Strategies:

  1. Change the culture of care by holding systems and staff accountable to trauma-informed care
  2. Enhance measurement and reporting of patient-reported experiences
  3. Establish a system-wide approach for closed-loop feedback accountability for patient care experiences
An open hand holding a heart symbolizing Subcommittee 1.

Co-Chairs:

Ajira Darch, Community Birth Doula; Executive Director, Roots of Labor
Cristina Gamboa, MD, OB/GYN; Director, Women’s Health, Salud Para La Gente (FQHC); Board Member, Every Mother Counts

Members:

  • Aline Armstrong, MSN, RN, PHN, Director, Maternal, Child, and Adolescent Health, San Francisco Department of Public Health
  • Kairis Chiaji, Community Birth Doula, Doula in Heels
  • Alli Cuentos, Full Spectrum Doula, Barewithme Doula Group; Co-Founder & Co-Executive Director, SisterWeb
  • Kimberly Gregory, MD, MPH, Professor, Obstetrics & Gynecology; Director, Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Obstetrics & Gynecology; Director, Maternal-Fetal Medicine Fellowship, Obstetrics & Gynecology; Vice Chair, Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology for Women's Health Quality & Performance, Cedars-Sinai
  • Mashariki Kudumu, MPH, Founder & Principal Consultant, Kudumu Partnerships for Equity and Justice
  • DeAngelo Mack, Creator & Founder of Macknificient World
  • Nkem Ndefo, MSN, CNM, RN, Founder, Lumos Transforms
  • Monalisa Orduno, Birth Doula, Tulare County
  • Tracy Osterday, Maternal, Child, and Adolescent Health, Health & Human Services Agency, Shasta County
  • Mikah Owen, MD, MPH, MBA, Senior Director, Clinical and Academic Programs and Health Equity, UCAAN
  • Ameerah Thomas, MPH, Maternal Health and Birth Equity Program Manager, Sutter Health
  • Jessica Walker, Maternal Mental Health Advocate, Co-Founder & Director of Operations, Be Mom Aware

 

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