Media

TV Appearances

  • ABC 20-20, 2009  http://abcnews.go.com/Health/story?id=6120045&page=1 
  • ABC Eyewitness News, WABC TV, New York, 1988, 1994, 1996
  • CNBC America's Talking, CNBC Cable, New Jersey, 1994
  • WCBS Live at Five, WCBS TV, New York, 1988
  • The Today Show, NBC TV, New York, 1996
  • CNN National News, 1996
  • FOX Cable National News, 1996, 1997
  • Women to Women Talking: Manhattan Neighborhood Network, 1998
  • Day Break, Cayman Islands TV, 2000
  • Oxygen TV, 2001

Newspaper / Magazine Interviews

  • N.Y. Times, 1996, 1998, 2008 ( blog)
  • Community Life, 2008
  • Pioneer Press, 2008
  • San Francisco Chronicle, 2008
  • Mindful Mama, 2008
  • Bergen Record,  2008, 1988, 1992, 1995
  • LA Times, 1995
  • Parenting Magazine, 1988, 1997
  • Parents Magazine, 1988
  • Child Magazine
  • NY Newsday
  • American Baby 2003

Program Development

  • Brazil—Design and Develop Doula Programs, 2003

Awards

  • Lamaze International Elizabeth Bing Award, 2002

Articles

Hosp Physician, 2001 Sep; 37(9):57-65, "Social support by doulas during labor and the early postpartum period," Meyer BA, Arnold JA, Pascali-Bonaro D

A doula is a woman experienced and professionally trained to provide continuous social support to the birthing family. Doulas do not provide medical interventions or advice; their role complements that of medical care providers. Doulas are increasingly being employed by hospitals or by individual patients. This article considers the role of the doula in labor and delivery. The effects of doula care on outcomes and costs also are reviewed.

Read the full article: www.turner-white.com/pdf/hp_sep01_doulas.pdf

BIRTH: Issues in Perinatal Care, Volume 29, Number 1, March 2002, pp 62-64, "Pregnant and Widowed on September 11: The Birth Community Reaches Out"

International Doula, Volume 12, Issue 1, Winter 2004, Doulas: Global Models of Care

Journal of Perinatal Education, 12(4), 1-7; Childbirth Education and Doula Care During Times of Stress, Trauma, and Grieving

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