
IDA MAE PATTERSON CENTER FOR MATERNAL AND INFANT WELLNESS
The Ida Mae Patterson Center for Maternal & Infant Wellness is founded on the tenets of the Village Circle Approach™. The center offers Community-Embedded Group Prenatal Care, designed to support, protect and provide community-based clinical care to African-American childbearing persons, families, and others.
PRENATAL CARE AT THE CENTER
Care Participants — enrolled pregnant clients— will receive care in supportive cohorts of their peers that focus on perinatal education, informed consent, community nurturance and support, all in a culturally validating environment.
The Village Circle Approach™ aims to eliminate the damaging consequences of racism in prenatal care currently demonstrated within standard medical models of care. The model focuses on clinical excellence, client autonomy, and group determination all in an environment of cultural validation and celebration.
NOW OPEN!
Interested prenatal clients can contact clinic staff at idamaecenter@uzazivillage.org or call 816-541-3718
IDA MAE PATTERSON CENTER STAFF

Shafeeqa Small
Community Life Wellness Coordinator

Rosie Warren
Herbalist & Garden Coordinator

Rachel Williston
Senior Midwife

Delia Pearl
Student Midwife & Village Doula
Clarisa Evans
Midwife

Cecil Wattree
Therapist & Mental Wellness Coordinator

Katrina Stoddard
Therapist & Mental Wellness Coordinator

Care will be provided by multidisciplinary staff of:
Midwives
Doulas
Herbalists
Community Life & Wellness Coordinator
Lactation Specialists
Ida Mae Center Virtual Orientation
Care participants that have recently been signed up for services through the Ida Mae Patterson Center are required to go through orientation before attending their appointments. Orientations are held virutally on the first Friday of every month on Zoom 4–5pm.
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