Chicago Sun Times
Embracing midwives could improve maternal health care
Karie E. Stewart, MPH, MSN, CNM, APRN
Karie E. Stewart is a practicing Certified Nurse Midwife with the University of Illinois Mile Square Health Centers and the University of Illinois Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology in Chicago, Illinois.
She has been a full-scope midwife for 6 years and is the current President of the ACNM Illinois Chapter Affiliate. She received her master’s in nursing from the University of Illinois Chicago and her master’s in public health at Southern Illinois University Carbondale.
Melanated Midwives, NFP, founded in 2020, sole mission is to diversify the midwifery profession and empower Black birth parents with resources and tools to successfully navigate their prenatal and postpartum care.
Melanated Midwives is actively engaged in addressing the maternity healthcare desert and Black Maternal mortality and morbidity rates on the Southside of Chicago by bringing together Black mothers, pregnant people, politicians, public health workers and community activists.
Melanated Midwives, NFP
