May 25, 2016
HEALTHCAREERS
Sheryl Paul (left), certiied as a childbirth educator, with Shaia
Monroe, executive of International Center for Traditional Childbearing.
First Class of Childbirth Educators
The International Center for
Traditional Childbearing in Port-
land has graduated the irst cohort
of African American Childbirth
Educators.
The graduates are Meies Matz,
Sheryl Paul, Dianne Clay and Eli-
ya Matz who are now qualiied
to facilitate and teach childbirth
education and baby care classes.
Meies and Eliya Matz are also
qualiied as peer breastfeeding
counselors.
The training was the accumu-
lation of a six-month pilot proj-
ect funded by Kaiser Permanente
Northwest to address the shortage
of African American Childbirth
Educators in Oregon.
Several research studies have
found that black communities
seek information on the mechan-
ics of labor and birth, infant care,
stress management and return-
ing back to work, from cultural-
ly competent, community-based
healthcare providers.
The ICTC offers “Childbirth
Education and Baby Prep” classes
to reduce barriers, improve birth
outcomes and celebrate the Afri-
can American family.
P ortlAnd o bserver
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