Welcome to our video library. We prioritize visual storytelling to ensure that everyone can join our mission to improve birth outcomes for Black and Brown communities.

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Events and Collaboratories

World Prematurity Day November 2019

Voices for Birth Justice Launch Party 2019
PTBi Community Engagement Specialist, Daphina Melbourne, speaking at SF City Hall at a hearing on food insecurity for low-income pregnant women and families.

Public Hearing on Food Insecurity for Low-Income Pregnant Women and Families
Collaboratories: Transdisciplinary Monthly Discussion Series on Preterm Birth

Collaboratories: Transdisciplinary Monthly Discussion Series on Preterm Birth
San Francisco Supervisor Malia Cohen, Sister Web and SF DPH Announce New Doula Program

Announcing SisterWeb, a New Doula Program at City Hall, 2018
City leaders and UCSF came together to recognize community efforts to turn the curve on the epidemic of prematurity, and the need for more attention on this important health issue.

World Prematurity Day- Press Conference at San Francisco City Hall
Housing and Preterm Birth: Community-Academic Partnership for Research and Action

Housing and Preterm Birth - May 2017 Collaboratory

Additional projects

Making the Voices for Birth Justice Campaign

Making the Voices for Birth Justice Campaign
The Benioff Community Innovators are a group of women from four community based organizations who work with pregnant moms faced with housing insecurity in San Francisco.

Benioff Community Innovators

RAP Grantees

Using Community Health Workers in San Francisco for Preterm Birth Prevention

Using Community Health Workers in San Francisco for Preterm Birth Prevention
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6P4xUySWHMk

Exploring How Stress Influence the Risk of Preterm Birth Among Black Women
Newborn and Family Research Collaborative

Newborn and Family Research Collaborative
Exploring the dual burden of severe maternal morbidity and preterm birth in California

Exploring the dual burden of severe maternal morbidity and preterm birth in California
Informing Model Articulation by Eliciting the Family Experience

Informing Model Articulation by Eliciting the Family Experience

Persistent Human Cytomegalovirus Infection of the Amnion in Preterm Birth

Preventing Short Interpregnancy Intervals and Preterm Birth Through Post-Delivery Contraception

Social Determinants of Health Adversity and Resilience (SOAR) Factors

San Francisco Preterm Infant Mortality Review
Mother bottle feeding infant

A Trial of Donor Milk Vs. Formula to Supplement Late Preterm Infants
Sign that points to Mexico in one direction and USA to another

Testing Exposure to Immigration Enforcement as a Determinant of Preterm Birth in California

EatSF: Fruit and Vegetable Vouchers to Support Pregnant Mothers in San Francisco

Postpartum Contraceptive Decision Support Tool

Periviable GOALS: A Decision Support Tool for Periviable Decision-Making

Stress, Resilience and Coping in Hispanic Women in Fresno: The SOLARS Study Expansion
Listen to Lauren Lessard talk about her work with PTBi.

Disrupting Models of Prenatal Care in Fresno: GLOW!
Listen to UCSF PTBi's Resource Allocation Program grantee, Joan Casey, speak about her work.

Air Pollution and Preterm Birth: A Natural Experiment

Fellowship Program

Black Women's Perspectives on Structural Racism: Opportunities for Measure Development

Black Women's Perspectives on Structural Racism: Opportunities for Measure Development
Postdoctoral Transdisciplinary Research Fellowship

Postdoctoral Transdisciplinary Research Fellowship
Jennifer Felder, PhD, presents her PTBi fellowship research during the July 2017 Transdisciplinary Fellowship Showcase

Understanding perinatal depression - Jennifer Felder
Dawn Gano, MD, MAS, presents her PTBi fellowship research during the July 2017 Transdisciplinary Fellowship Showcase

"Little brain" health in preterm newborns - Dawn Gano

About Preterm Birth Initiative

Racism and Preterm Birth: Preterm Birth Initiative 2017 Annual Symposium

Racism and Preterm Birth: Preterm Birth Initiative 2017 Annual Symposium
An overview of the UCSF Preterm Birth Initiative and its work to reduce the burden of preterm birth in California and East Africa.

What is the Preterm Birth Initiative?
Monica McLemore at the White House Frontiers Conference October 2016

Community Engagement in PTBi's Research
Black community members in San Francisco organizing research questions for PTBiCA

Partnering with Patients

Flagship studies

Family Integrated Care with Mobile Technology (mFICare)
A Novel Method for Involving Women of Color at High Risk for Preterm Birth in Research Priority Setting

Involving Women of Color at High Risk for Preterm Birth in Research Priority Setting
The Benefits of Kangaroo Care

The Benefits of Kangaroo Care

Test to Predict Preterm Birth
Case Studies of Kangaroo Mother Care (KMC) in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Kangaroo Mother Care (KMC) in Vietnam