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NEJM Interview: Crystal Cene on the potential benefits, particularly for Black birthing people, of partnerships between perinatal care providers and community-based doulas.

Published: Dec. 27, 2023, 3:01 p.m.

Crystal Cen\xe9 is chief administrative officer for health justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion and associate chief medical officer for health equity at UC San Diego Health, a professor of clinical medicine at the University of California, San Diego, and a member of the Journal\u2019s Perspective Advisory Board. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing Editor of the Journal. D. Pressley Byrd and Others. Community-Based Doulas \u2014 Can Clinicians Share Power to Improve Maternal and Infant Health Outcomes? N Engl J Med 2023;389:2405-2407.