We envision a world where women, infants and families experience optimal physical and mental health in pregnancy, childbirth, and post-partum.
Expand awareness and advance knowledge about traumatic birth and its adverse impact on all childbearing people and babies.
- Provide education and resources about prevention and treatment of traumatic birth
- Increase awareness about causes and effects of post-traumatic stress related to childbirth
- Promote sensitive and effective approaches to the resolution of birth trauma
- Increase awareness of disparities in the etiologies, treatments and outcomes of traumatic childbirth based on race/ethnicity, religious affiliation, socioeconomic status, disability, sexual orientation, gender diversity, and other underserved populations
- Facilitate collaboration among researchers, policy makers, medical and mental health care providers and educators
- Encourage culturally appropriate and equity conscious therapeutic approaches to post-traumatic stress symptoms following childbirth
- We affirm the WHO statement on the prevention and elimination of disrespect and abuse during childbirth, emphasizing the rights of women to dignified, respectful healthcare through pregnancy and childbirth