Rutgers' School of Nursing will lead efforts to research race disparities in maternal care and expand training programs for nurses, midwives, doulas and other medical professionals.was created to improve access to health care and social services during pregnancy and up to a year after birth.
“This effort to expand and diversify the existing perinatal workforce promises to improve care and outcomes for women and pregnant people in New Jersey,” said Julie Blumenfeld, the director of Rutgers’ nurse-midwifery program and a clinical assistant professor in the nursing school who will lead Rutgers’ efforts at the innovation center.
Other schools Rutgers will work with include Mercer County Community College, Stockton University, The College of New Jersey, and Thomas Edison State University.