One Black Birth
at a Time
Eliminating Obstetric Racism
“We hold the power to shape
a better future.”
Meeting the need.
Birthing Cultural Rigor was created by
Dr. Karen A. Scott to help hospitals understand and deal with obstetric racism towards Black women, girls, and gender expansive individuals who seek medical assistance during pregnancy. Our focus is on improving hospital care during labor, birth, and postpartum periods.
The Core of
Birthing Cultural Rigor
RESTORING HUMANITY
Normalizing, affirming, and amplifying the voices, lived experiences, thoughts, and activism of Black women, girls, and gender expansive people in health services design, provision, training, and evaluation
BUILT ON TRANSFORMATION
Transforming the culture of hospital-based obstetrics and perinatal care
PREM-OB SCALE® UTILIZATION
Dr. Scott developed and validated the first and only Patient Reported Experience Measure of Obstetric Racism© (also called The PREM-OB Scale® Suite )
DIAGNOSING & DISMANTLING OBSTETRIC RACISM
Benchmarking effective practice techniques, policies, procedures, and processes to improve institutional alignment with and accountability to the experiences and expectations of Black women, girls, and gender expansive people
LATEST NEWSThe CATCH Pilot
Are you a Black mother or birthing person with children ages 0 to 2, who has gave birth in a hospital setting since 2021? We want to hear from you!
Take part in our latest study across the following 12 states Florida, Georgia, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Mississippi, North Carolina, New Jersey, Ohio, South Carolina, Tennessee, or Texas.
FEATURED publications
Emotional Safety IS Patient Safety
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Psychometric Validation of Patient Experience
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Activism in Perinatal Quality Improvement
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Ethics of Perinatal Care for Black Women
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