Participatory research for accountability in maternal and infant care.
SISTA Fire RI's Black Maternal Health campaign pushed for clearer accountability and governance in maternal and infant care at Women & Infants Hospital of Rhode Island. The research behind it was built with the community, not just about it.
- Organization
- SISTA Fire RI
- Role
- Organizing Committee Member (core early team)
- Dates
- About two years
- Skills
- Participatory action research, community organizing, research design, facilitation.
The campaign needed evidence that reflected both the data and the lived experience of the people most affected.
Core member of the early organizing committee team.
What I Did- Step 1
Helped build the campaign's early research phase.
- Step 2
Introduced a participatory action research model and a live community research review.
- Step 3
Published the research as a living artifact that community members added to directly.
- A living research artifact pairing quantitative data with lived experience.
- Research that supported the campaign's push for accountability and governance measures.
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