There are 4 article(s) tagged Dr. Nikia Grayson:

• April 2024

  • Choices Birthing Center hosts Black Maternal Health Week events

    Black women make up the majority of patients at Choices’ freestanding birthing center in Midtown, whose midwifery practice has been delivering babies since 2017. 

    By Aisling Mäki April 14, 2024

• July 2023

  • New state law aims to add doula services to TennCare

    About half of all the mothers and babies born in Tennessee are covered by TennCare, so the change could make a substantial difference. 

    By Aisling Mäki July 07, 2023

• October 2022

  • Shelby County grant boosts Choices’ nurse midwife program

    Officials said the grant is intended to reduce maternal and infant mortality, particularly among the county’s Black population.

    By Aisling Mäki October 17, 2022

• August 2021

  • CHOICES offering fellowship for Black midwives

    Women in the U.S. die at higher rates in childbirth than many other developed nations. For women of color, the rate of death is at least four times higher. To chisel away at the gap, in January CHOICES is starting a fellowship to coach two Black midwives a year.

    By Jane Roberts August 31, 2021