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Background <p>Collaboration between community-based doulas and clinical care teams improves birth outcomes, yet partnerships are hindered by operational, communication, and role clarity challenges. Evidence is lacking on scalable, low-burden strategies to strengthen these relationships outside of formal intervention settings.</p> Methods <p>Rapid deductive content analysis of focus groups and interviews with 12 perinatal clinicians and 11 community-based doulas was conducted. Findings informed a five-minute video vignette illustrating the role of community-based doulas and their hopes for partnerships with clinical care teams. The vignette was screened in two settings: with community-based participants (<i>n</i> = 72), and with clinical healthcare professionals (<i>n</i> = 21).</p> Results <p>In the first screening, 94% of participants indicated that the vignette honored doula voices either “completely” or “mostly” (<i>n</i> = 72). Participants reported that the vignette centered authentic voices and presented clear, relatable narratives. In the second screening (<i>n</i> = 21), the 13-item Interprofessional Collaboration Scale (ICS) assessed perceived interprofessional collaboration across three subscales (Communication, Accommodation, and Isolation). Mean total ICS scores increased from 2.63 to 2.90 (<i>t</i>(20) = 3.27, <i>p</i> = .004, Cohen’s <i>dz</i> = 0.71). Communication and Accommodation subscales also improved significantly (Communication: 2.70 to 3.09, <i>p</i> &lt; .001, <i>dz</i> = 0.87; Accommodation: 2.75 to 3.08, <i>p</i> = .010, <i>dz</i> = 0.62).</p> Conclusions <p>Combining rapid qualitative analysis with vignette-based dissemination is a feasible approach to improve partnerships outside of intervention settings. The vignette’s strongest influence was on perceptions and willingness to collaborate. This approach represents a scalable, low-burden strategy that may be adapted across interprofessional collaborations.</p>

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Strengthening community-based doula and clinician partnerships through implementation and dissemination science approaches: a mixed-methods pilot study

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    2026年4月16日

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  • Jessica Olson,
  • Amber Chavez,
  • Erica Marion,
  • Katherine Quinn,
  • Geraud Blanks,
  • Maureen Post,
  • Toni Whitaker,
  • Juan Pablo Garnham,
  • Camila Vallejo,
  • Camille Johnson,
  • Xavier Johnson,
  • Dalvery Blackwell,
  • Joni Williams,
  • Anna Palatnik

摘要

Background

Collaboration between community-based doulas and clinical care teams improves birth outcomes, yet partnerships are hindered by operational, communication, and role clarity challenges. Evidence is lacking on scalable, low-burden strategies to strengthen these relationships outside of formal intervention settings.

Methods

Rapid deductive content analysis of focus groups and interviews with 12 perinatal clinicians and 11 community-based doulas was conducted. Findings informed a five-minute video vignette illustrating the role of community-based doulas and their hopes for partnerships with clinical care teams. The vignette was screened in two settings: with community-based participants (n = 72), and with clinical healthcare professionals (n = 21).

Results

In the first screening, 94% of participants indicated that the vignette honored doula voices either “completely” or “mostly” (n = 72). Participants reported that the vignette centered authentic voices and presented clear, relatable narratives. In the second screening (n = 21), the 13-item Interprofessional Collaboration Scale (ICS) assessed perceived interprofessional collaboration across three subscales (Communication, Accommodation, and Isolation). Mean total ICS scores increased from 2.63 to 2.90 (t(20) = 3.27, p = .004, Cohen’s dz = 0.71). Communication and Accommodation subscales also improved significantly (Communication: 2.70 to 3.09, p < .001, dz = 0.87; Accommodation: 2.75 to 3.08, p = .010, dz = 0.62).

Conclusions

Combining rapid qualitative analysis with vignette-based dissemination is a feasible approach to improve partnerships outside of intervention settings. The vignette’s strongest influence was on perceptions and willingness to collaborate. This approach represents a scalable, low-burden strategy that may be adapted across interprofessional collaborations.