Lisa Davis of the Midlands of South Carolina Black Nurses Association (left) is pictured with Jewel Scott from the University of South Carolina College of Nursing.
The University of South Carolina College of Nursing, in collaboration with the Midlands of South Carolina Black Nurses Association, has been awarded $10,000 in pilot funds from the South Carolina Clinical and Translational Research (SCTR) Institute to collect pilot data for future funding applications.
The “Are You Listening: Equipping Black Birthing People with Communication Tools for Self-Advocacy” project is an academic and community-based partnership between the Midlands of South Carolina Black Nurses Association and the University of South Carolina College of Nursing. Jewel Scott, PhD, RN, FNP-C, University of South Carolina College of Nursing, and Lisa Davis, MBA, MPH, BS, RN, Midlands of South Carolina Black Nurses Association, will lead the project.
Across the nation and in South Carolina, Black women and birthing people are two to four times more likely to experience pregnancy-related
morbidity and mortality than their White or Hispanic peers. Poor patient-provider communication contributes to pregnancy-related morbidity and mortality. The project’s overall goal is to understand challenges with patient-provider communication from the perspective of Black women and birthing people in South Carolina and identify opportunities to improve their healthcare experiences.
Established in 2009, the mission of the Community-Engaged Scholars Program (CES-P) is to increase the capacity of community-academic partnerships to conduct research with mutual ownership of the processes and products and, ultimately, improve the health of our communities in the Palmetto State and beyond. The program objectives are to:
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- Incentivize and foster community and academic partnerships.
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- Encourage collaborative identification of community health priorities.
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- Develop and provide an in-person/online interactive group learning curriculum.
The program has trained 43 teams, including more than 125 participants, and is now entering its 14th cohort.
The Midlands of South Carolina Black Nurses was chartered in 2019 and is one of 114 National Black Nurses Association chapters. For more information about MID-SCBNA, visit their website at www.midscbna.org
The University of South Carolina’s nationally ranked College of Nursing has a multipronged mission of teaching, research, practice, service, and policy. As the state’s first nationally accredited nursing program, the college has graduated more than 12,000 nurses since 1957 and continues attracting, retaining, training, and growing the workforce. As national leaders in exam passage rates, the college’s graduates are prepared to address local and regional health needs while improving the accessibility of quality health care.
