Cecily Salazar yog ib tug doula, tus neeg tsis yog kws kho mob tau txais kev cob qhia thiab tau lees paub los saib xyuas cov poj niam cev xeeb tub ua ntej, thaum thiab tom qab yug menyuam. "Nws tshwm sim los ntawm kuv tus kheej kev yug me nyuam," niam ntawm ob tug tub hais.
Nws thawj qhov kev yug me nyuam tau raug mob, yog li lub sijhawm thib ob nws tau kawm nws tus kheej thiab ua haujlwm nrog doula, uas txhawb nqa nws thaum yug los. Salazar hais tias "Nws tau txhawb nqa kuv," Salazar hais. Nws tau los ua tus doula nws tus kheej hauv 2019.
Doulas tau nyob ib puag ncig txij li xyoo 1980s tab sis tsis tau paub zoo txog qhov tsis ntev los no. Lawv tau ua haujlwm ntawm nws tus kheej, tab sis vim tias kev tshawb fawb tau qhia txog cov txiaj ntsig ntawm doulas - lawv txoj haujlwm tau txuas rau qhov ua tau zoo ntawm kev yug me nyuam, tsawg C-sections, qis dua epidural siv thiab txo kev ntxhov siab thiab kev ntxhov siab thaum lub sij hawm yug me nyuam - California Department of Cov Kev Pabcuam Khomob tau ntxiv cov kev pabcuam doula raws li Medi-Cal cov txiaj ntsig thaum Lub Ib Hlis 2023.
Xyoo tas los, Central California Alliance for Health - Medi-Cal tus kws kho mob rau Monterey, Santa Cruz, San Benito, Mariposa thiab Merced counties - tau kos npe los muab kev pabcuam doula thiab ze li ib xyoos tom qab, pib lub Plaub Hlis 1, ob lub doulas yuav muaj. hauv Monterey County rau Alliance cov tswv cuab. Lub koom haum tab tom nrhiav haujlwm rau ntau dua doulas los koom ua tus muab kev pabcuam.
Dr. Dianna Diallo, tus kws kho mob menyuam yaus thiab tus thawj coj kho mob nrog Alliance, hais tias ntxiv doulas rau pab pawg kho mob saib xyuas niam thiab menyuam yog ib kauj ruam tseem ceeb. Diallo hais tias "Qhov uas kuv pom nws, qhov zoo dua, vim tias tiag tiag, tshwj xeeb tshaj yog rau cov niam tshiab, nws tsuas yog lub sijhawm tsis muaj zog, cais tawm," Diallo hais. "Nyob zoo niam, noj qab nyob zoo tus me nyuam."
Nyeem cov tag nrho tsab xov xwm ntawm Monterey County Lub Limtiam lub vev xaib.
