Houston Midwives and Public Health Policies: How Their Fight Can Help Us All

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dc.contributor.advisorRasmussen, Susan J.
dc.contributor.committeeMemberFarfán-Santos, Elizabeth
dc.contributor.committeeMemberDavis-Floyd, Robbie E.
dc.creatorRogers, Bethany MyLeah Rose
dc.creator.orcid0000-0002-3224-0004
dc.date.accessioned2020-06-03T23:51:59Z
dc.date.available2020-06-03T23:51:59Z
dc.date.createdMay 2020
dc.date.issued2020-05
dc.date.submittedMay 2020
dc.date.updated2020-06-03T23:52:00Z
dc.description.abstractThis study examines the themes of policy experiences and priorities from 14 midwives in the Houston metro area. As midwives increasingly take responsibility for improving reproductive health, they struggle to achieve their goals when met with policymakers that don’t share their vision. Using critical medical anthropology, I focus on how this discord affects women’s health and is damaging to society when representatives pass over bills that would grant midwives authority as primary birth care providers. The experiences shared with me through interviews are compared to the literature of midwifery associations, collaborative organizations active in maternal and child health, and Texas midwifery’s biggest competitor, the Texas Medical Association, to contextualize the struggle of midwifery advocacy within a holistic narrative. This study finds that Houston area midwives are well-versed in the policy objectives in Texas legislature, but are less active in the strategic planning of political objectives, especially as they expand into the arena of public and global health.
dc.description.departmentComparative Cultural Studies, Department of
dc.format.digitalOriginborn digital
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdf
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10657/6645
dc.language.isoeng
dc.rightsThe author of this work is the copyright owner. UH Libraries and the Texas Digital Library have their permission to store and provide access to this work. Further transmission, reproduction, or presentation of this work is prohibited except with permission of the author(s).
dc.subjectmidwife
dc.subjectbirth
dc.subjectpublic health
dc.subjectpublic policy
dc.subjectbirth center
dc.subjectgender
dc.subjectequity
dc.subjectreform
dc.subjecthuman rights
dc.titleHouston Midwives and Public Health Policies: How Their Fight Can Help Us All
dc.type.dcmiText
dc.type.genreThesis
thesis.degree.collegeCollege of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences
thesis.degree.departmentComparative Cultural Studies, Department of
thesis.degree.disciplineAnthropology
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Houston
thesis.degree.levelMasters
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Arts

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