Cara Safon, MPH

PhD Candidate in Health Services & Policy Research | Access to #doulacare | @BUSPH @BUSPH_HLPM | @YaleSPH and @UCBerkeleySPH alum
pronouns: she/her

[Cara Safon, MPH @C_Saf]

Policies supportive of maternal infant feeding choices are needed! See our new paper (following prior work esteemed colleagues and I conducted): https://t.co/0Hf31nvbYb @Meg_Parker_MD

[Rafael Perez-Escamilla @rperezescamilla]

🔑🔥 off the press @mcnjournal @YaleSPH alumna @C_Saf Univ of Kent @sally_kendall article on print media coverage of breastfeeding in Great Britain. Congrats to BBF-GB! https://t.co/Y2PFfbRY8q

[Black Maternal Health Caucus @BMHCaucus]

Last month, Georgia and Pennsylvania became the latest states to extend postpartum Medicaid and CHIP coverage to the full year after pregnancy.

We must expand yearlong postpartum coverage in EVERY state!

[Tonia Rhone-Allotey, MD, MS @TAlloteyMD]

Presented research on doula implementation at #APHA2022

Happy and grateful to be able to contribute to this work and to help support meaningful maternal health interventions. S/o to my mentor and maternal health scholar/shero @PhDiva0618 for giving me the space to bloom ✨

[Cara Safon, MPH @C_Saf]

@erikacrable @PsychiatryUcsd @UCSanDiego Congratulations!

[Cara Safon, MPH @C_Saf]

Accompany Doula Care is searching for a new Executive Director. See link for details, if interested. https://t.co/0df8NhLUFO

[Cara Safon, MPH @C_Saf]

@meganbcole @BUSPH @The_BMC @loismccloskeybu @lasser_karen @ColletteNcube @SarahHallGordon @ewinstonpatton Congratulations, Megan and team!!!

[Cara Safon, MPH @C_Saf]

@Meg_Parker_MD @ArvinGargMD Congrats, @Meg_Parker @ArvinGargMD and Mari-Lynn!

[RWJF @RWJF]

Many of the states enacting abortion bans already have high maternal mortality rates. Some have also failed to expand #Medicaid, leaving mothers and families without access to essential care. It's more important than ever to expand Medicaid to protect women's health.

[Black Maternal Health Caucus @BMHCaucus]

1 in 3 maternal deaths take place between one week and one year after the end of a pregnancy.

We must expand postpartum Medicaid coverage from 60 days to 1 year in every state!

[Cara Safon, MPH @C_Saf]

@sam_auty @JillGW Yes! 😍

[Donaghue Foundation @DonaghueFnd]

Congratulations to our grantee @meganbcole on being a most outstanding abstract winner at @AcademyHealth’s #ARM22. Her research presentation was also featured in the Best of Arm session. Donaghue is proud and honored to have supported such innovative research.

[Cara Safon, MPH @C_Saf]

Excited to be at #ARM22!

[Cara Safon, MPH @C_Saf]

Attending the 28th Annual @AHRQNews NRSA Trainees Research Conference today! I'll be presenting on racial and ethnic disparities in breastfeeding continuation. @Meg_Parker_MD

[Cara Safon, MPH @C_Saf]

Excited to attend and present at the 26th Annual AHRQ NRSA Trainees Research Conference tomorrow and Wednesday! @AHRQNews @AHRQconf https://t.co/vVJiGcxaAH

[Cara Safon, MPH @C_Saf]

MA folks: @SenJoanLovely has filed an amendment to the Senate Budget for Fiscal Year 2023 to provide $1 million in funding for the development of the doula workforce to serve MassHealth members. Please contact your state senator to co-sponsor Amendment #485! #maternalhealth

[Cara Safon, MPH @C_Saf]

Highly recommend @nytimes #TheDaily's two-part series on "A Post-Roe America". On that note, #BansOffOurBodies!

[Cara Safon, MPH @C_Saf]

@DC_AMCHP Congratulations @PhDiva0618!

[Rep. Lauren Underwood @RepUnderwood]

I'm excited to see 11 states and D.C. support mothers before, during and after birth by working to extend postpartum Medicaid coverage for a full year after pregnancy!

We must make yearlong postpartum Medicaid coverage a permanent reality for every mother in every state.