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Clinical

  • Global Webinar Series on COVID-19, newborn, and perinatal health – Healthy Newborn Network
  • Maternal Health Webinar – American Hospital Association
  • Using Social Determinants of Health Data to Improve Health Care and Health: A Learning Report – Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
  • Moving Toward Health Equity by Addressing Social Determinants of Health – Breanna Lathrop
  • Social Determinants of Health (SDOH) – NEJM Catalyst
  • Developing Primary Care–Based Recommendations for Social Determinants of Health: Methods of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force – Alex R. Kemper, MD, MPH, MS, Chyke A. Doubeni, MD, MPH, Karina W. Davidson, PhD, MASc
  • Addressing the Maternal Mortality Crisis in the Ambulatory Setting: A Quality Improvement Approach – AllianceChicago
  • The Well-Woman Chart: A Preventive Health Services Tool For All Women – Women's Preventive Services Initiative (WPSI)
  • Stage-based implementation of immediated postpartum long-acting reversible contraception using a reproductive justice framework – Audrey C. Loper, MPH, MS, Jessica E. Morse, MD, MPH, Kimberly D. Harper, MSN, RN, MHA, Laura M. Louison, MSW, MSPH
  • Hybrid telesimulation with standardized patients increases healthcare professionals’ translation of skills to the care of breastfeeding mothers and infants – LiquidGoldConcept, Inc.
  • National Doula Network: Changing lives one birth at a time – National Doula Network
  • Integrating Behavioral Health and Community Outreach in a Free-Standing Birth Center – The Midwife Center for Birth and Women’s Health
  • Iowa Statewide Implementation of AWHONN’s POST-BIRTH Warning Signs – Iowa Maternal Quality Care Collaborative (IMQCC) – Iowa Department of Public Health
  • Refinement of the New Jersey Maternal Health Hospital Report Card- Year 2018 – New Jersey Department of Health
  • ADDRESSING PERINATAL MENTAL HEALTH BY BUILDING MEDICAL PROVIDER CAPACITY THROUGH PERINATAL PSYCHIATRY ACCESS PROGRAMS – Lifeline4Moms, University of Massachusetts Medical School
  • Building on Strong Start: Alongside Midwifery Units expand access to birth center care – El Rio Health and Tucson Medical Center
  • Innovative Solutions: It Takes a Village—Reducing Maternal Mortality in Philadelphia through Coordinated Action – Philadelphia Department of Public Health
  • A TeamSTEPPS- based Communication Quality Improvement Project for Effective and Efficient Transfer from Birth Center to Hospital – Frontier Nursing University
  • Implementing Substance Use Screening Toolkit – Family Planning National Training Center
  • Innovative Models of Care for Reducing Inequities in Maternal Health – National Institute of Nursing Research
  • Making it Work: Models of Success in Rural Maternity Care – University of Minnesota Rural Health Research Center
  • Community-Based Doulas and Midwives – Center for American Progress
  • Recommendations of the New Jersey Perinatal Care During COVID-19 Work Group – New Jersey Health Care Quality Institute
  • Obstetric Emergencies in Rural Hospitals: Challenges and Opportunities – University of Minnesota Rural Health Research Center
  • The MCH Navigator – MCH Navigator
  • Improving Maternal Health Access, Coverage, and Outcomes in Medicaid – Institute for Medicaid Innovation

Engagement

  • A conversation on Meaningful Family Engagement, from Clinical Care to Health Policy – Lucile Packard Foundation for Children's Health
  • Incorporating Patient-Partners in Safety and Quality Improvement Programs: Training and Tools for Providers – MoMMA’s Voices
  • Helping families communicate what’s important and make informed decisions – [M]otherboard Birth
  • NewMomHealth.com: By moms, for moms – 4th Trimester Project
  • Pregnancy and Substance Use: A Harm Reduction Toolkit – National Harm Reduction Coalition and Academy of Perinatal Harm Reduction
  • MCH Navigator: 8 Steps to Building and Sustaining Effective Coalitions – South Central Public Health Partnership
  • Cultural Humility and Black Maternal Health in Historical Context – Dr. Jann Murray-Garcia
  • Listening to Understand and Not to Respond Across Different Cultural Contexts – Camie Jae Goldhammer, MSW, LICSW, IBCLC
  • Coming Face to Face with My Biased Self – Dr. Clifton Kenon, Jr.
  • Black Mamas Matter Alliance Newsletter – Black Mamas Matter Alliance
  • The MCH Navigator – MCH Navigator

Equity

  • Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services (CLAS) in Maternal Health Care – Health and Human Services (HHS), Think Cultural Health
  • Black Birthing Bill of Rights – National Association to Advance Black Birth
  • Equity in the Center – Equity in the Center
  • Black Mamas Matter: A Toolkit for Advancing the Human Right to Sage and Respectful Maternal Health Care – Black Mamas Matter Alliance, Center for Reproductive Rights
  • Achieving Health Equity….Addressing Racism as a Threat to the Health and Well-being of our nation – Michigan Public Health Training Center and the Genesee County Health Department
  • Advancing Equity in Our Work – Reaching Our Sisters Everywhere
  • Implicit Bias Resource Guide – National Institute for Children's Health Quality
  • Setting the Standard for holistic care of and for black women – Black Mamas Matter Alliance
  • Using Equity in Fatality Reviews – National Center for Fatality Review and Prevention
  • Health Equity Impact – Implementation Guide Assessment – March of Dimes, NC Child, NC Division of Public Health, NC Office of Minority Health and Health Disparities
  • Project Implicit Bias – Harvard University
  • Four Steps to Address Racism’s Impact on Maternal and Child Health – National Institute for Children's Health Quality
  • Birth Equity During COVID-19 – Community-Campus Partnership for Health
  • A Path to Reproductive Justice: Research, Practice and Policies –
  • Advancing Birth Justice: Community-based Doula Models as a Standard of Care for Ending Racial Disparities – Ancient Song Doula Services, Village Birth International, Every Mother Counts
  • Perinatal Healthcare Equity Resources – Diversity Science
  • Cultural Humility and Black Maternal Health in Historical Context – Dr. Jann Murray-Garcia
  • Listening to Understand and Not to Respond Across Different Cultural Contexts – Camie Jae Goldhammer, MSW, LICSW, IBCLC
  • Coming Face to Face with My Biased Self – Dr. Clifton Kenon, Jr.
  • The MCH Navigator – MCH Navigator
  • Health Equity Starter Kit – Health Outreach Partners

Policy

  • Promoting Better Maternal Health Outcomes by Closing the Medicaid Postpartum Coverage Gap – The Century Foundation
  • Advancing Racial Equity in Maternal Mental Health Policy – The Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP)
  • Analysis of Federal Bills to Strengthen Maternal Healthcare – Kaiser Family Foundation
  • Maternal Mortality Review Committees – Guttmacher Institute
  • Eliminating Racial Disparities in Maternal and Infant Mortality A Comprehensive Policy Blueprint – Center for American Progress
  • Maternal Mental Health Leadership Alliance – Policy Resources – Maternal Mental Health Leadership Alliance
  • Review to Action – Maternal Mortality Review Map and State Profiles – Review to Action
  • Review to Action – Authority and Protections for State Maternal Mortality Review Committees – Review to Action
  • The Maternity Medical Home: The Chassis for a More Holistic Model of Pregnancy Care? – Institute for Healthcare Improvement
  • Alison Stuebe Jennifer E. Moore Pooja Mittal Lakshmi Reddy Lisa Kane Low Haywood Brown in Health Affairs – Alison Stuebe Jennifer E. Moore Pooja Mittal Lakshmi Reddy Lisa Kane Low Haywood Brown in Health Affairs
  • Women In The United States Experience High Rates Of Coverage ‘Churn’ In Months Before And After Childbirth – Jamie R. Daw, Laura A. Hatfield, Katherine Swartz, and Benjamin D. Sommers in Health Affairs
  • Expanding Postpartum Medicaid Coverage – Kaiser Family Foundation
  • Medicaid Expansion Fills Gaps in Maternal Health Coverage Leading to Healthier Mothers and Babies – Adam Searing and Donna Cohen Ross for the Georgetown University Health Policy Institute
  • NCSL’s Maternal and Child Health Database – National Conference of State Legislatures
  • Mind the Gap: A Strategic Roadmap to Address America’s Silent Health Crisis: Untreated and Unaddressed Perinatal Mental Health Disorders – Postpartum Support International
  • Improving Access to Maternal Health Care in Rural Communities – Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
  • The Doula Medicaid Project – National Health Law Program
  • Current State Telehealth Laws & Reimbursement Policies – Center for Connected Health Policy
  • Inventory of State-Level Medicaid Policies, Programs, and Initiatives to Improve Maternity Care and Outcomes – Mathematica for MACPAC
  • Alliance for Innovation on Maternal Health (AIM) – The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG)
  • CMS Releases State Funding to Improve Integrated Care for Children and Pregnant and Postpartum Women Enrolled in Medicaid and CHIP – National Academy for State Health Policy
  • Using Data, Incentives, and Innovation, Three States Work to Improve Maternal Vaccination Rates – National Academy for State Health Policy
  • New Eight-State Policy Academy Advances Access to Care for Pregnant/Parenting Women with SUD – National Academy for State Health Policy
  • Infographic: State Team-Based Care Strategies for Medicaid-Eligible Women – National Academy for State Health Policy
  • Case Studies: How Tennessee and California Medicaid Programs Promote Access to Postpartum Long-Acting Reversible Contraception – National Academy for State Health Policy
  • Medicaid Disaster Relief for the COVID-19 National Emergency State Plan Amendment Instructions – Medicaid.gov
  • Maternal And Child Health Database – National Conference of State Legislatures
  • State Medicaid & CHIP Telehealth Toolkit: Policy Considerations for States Expanding Use of Telehealth – Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
  • New Jersey’s Project ECHO Builds Provider Capacity to Support Maternal and Child Health during COVID-19 – National Academy for State Health Policy
  • View Each State’s Efforts to Extend Medicaid Coverage to Postpartum Women – National Academy for State Health Policy
  • Inventory of State-Level Medicaid Policies, Programs, and Initiatives to Improve Maternity Care and Outcomes – Mathematica for MACPAC
  • Federal Legislation to Improve Maternal Health: Summary and Status – Association of Maternal and Child Health Programs (AMCHP), Every Mother Counts, National Partnership for Women and Families
  • State Policies to Improve Maternal Health Outcomes – The Commonwealth Fund
  • Medicaid Coverage of Pregnancy and Perinatal Benefits: Results from a State Survey – Kaiser Family Foundation
  • Improving Our Maternity Care Now: Four Care Models Decisionmakers Must Implement for Healthier Moms and Babies – National Partnership for Women and Families
  • Telehealth and the COVID-19 Response: Policy Changes and Implementation Strategies – Health Management Associates
  • NASHP Roundtable: Georgia and Illinois Work to Improve Maternal Health Outcomes – National Academy for State Health Policy
  • State Strategies to Address the Black Maternal Health Crisis – National Academy for State Health Policy
  • Telehealth in Maternal and Child Health Care – March of Dimes
  • Telehealth and Preventive Care during COVID-19: A WPSI Webinar – Women's Preventive Services Initiative
  • Tracker of Federal Maternal Health Bills – Association of Maternal and Child Health Programs (AMCHP), Every Mother Counts, National Partnership for Women and Families
  • Safeguarding Maternal Health and Rights in the United States During the COVID-19 Pandemic – Center for Reproductive Rights
  • Medicaid Emergency Authority Tracker: Approved State Actions to Address COVID-19 – Kaiser Family Foundation
  • The MCH Navigator – MCH Navigator
  • National Academy for State Health Policy Map of State’s Efforts to Extend Medicaid Coverage to Postpartum Women – National Academy for State Health Policy
  • Equitable Maternal Health Coalition Continuing Medicaid/CHIP Postpartum Coverage Toolkits – Equitable Maternal Health Coalition
  • Improving Maternal Health Access, Coverage, and Outcomes in Medicaid – Institute for Medicaid Innovation
  • Four State Strategies to Employ Doulas to Improve Maternal Health and Birth Outcomes in Medicaid – National Academy for State Health Policy
  • Community-Based Maternal Support Services: The Role of Doulas and Community Health Workers in Medicaid – Institute for Medicaid Innovation
  • Trends in Pregnancy Related Deaths and Federal Efforts to Reduce Them – Government Accountability Office (GAO)

Public Health

  • Maternal Morbidity and Mortality Environmental Scan – National Quality Forum
  • New approaches to engaging the community in needs assessment and planning – Kansas University Center for Public Partnership & Research
  • Storytelling for Public Health – New England Public Health Training Center (NEPHTC)
  • Promoting Access to Care for Women of Reproductive Age with Mental Health and Substance Use Disorders in Rural Communities – Association of Maternal and Child Health Programs (AMCHP), Georgia Health Policy Center
  • Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA): Maternal Health Programs – Congressional Research Service
  • Iowa Program Targets Seat Belt Safety for Pregnant and Postpartum Women – Iowa Maternal Quality Care Collaborative (IMQCC) – Iowa Department of Public Health
  • Obstetric Emergencies in Rural Hospitals: Challenges and Opportunities – University of Minnesota Rural Health Research Center
  • Open Letter: National Call for Birth Justice and Accountability – Every Mother Counts
  • Hear Her Campaign – CDC
  • The MCH Navigator – MCH Navigator
  • NewMomHealth / SaludMadre.com – The 4th Trimester Project
  • Health Equity Starter Kit – Health Outreach Partners

Telehealth

  • Maternal Telehealth Has Expanded Dramatically During the COVID-19 Pandemic Equity Concerns and Promising Approaches – Emily Burroughs, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Ian Hill, Urban Institute
  • Telehealth Resources and Strategieslotus flower – MHLIC
  • Telemental Health Series – Postpartum Support International
  • Georgia PEACE for moms – Postpartum Support International-Georgia Chapter
  • Expanding Telehealth for Improved Maternal Outcomes – University Health System
  • Nurse home-visitation and COVID-19 pandemic: Adjusting to meet the needs of families in complex times – Nurse-Family Partnership
  • It takes a Village: The Maternal Wellness Village – Oshun Family Center
  • Telehealth in Practice – University of Arkansas for Medical Scienceslotus flower – MHLIC, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences High Risk Pregnancy Program
  • Telehealth in Practice – Lana’i CHClotus flower – Lāna‘i, MHLIC
  • Project ECHO – University of New Mexico
  • The Cuff Kit Project: “Self-Monitored Blood Pressure to Improve Diagnosis of Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy During Remote Healthcare – Preeclampsia Foundation
  • Addressing COVID stress among pregnant & parenting women in West Baltimore – University of Maryland Baltimore – B’more for Healthy Babies Upton/Druid Heights
  • Executive Summary: Tracking Telehealth Changes State-by-State in Response to COVID-19 – Mannatt
  • Bringing Kenyan maternal health innovation to North Carolina: Launching a scalable textline platform to help support pregnant and postpartum parents during COVID – Jacaranda Health
  • Beyond the Pandemic: State Policy Options for Supporting Families – Prenatal to 3 Policy Impact Center
  • Telehealth Implementation Playbook – American Medical Association (AMA)
  • The MCH Navigator – MCH Navigator

Understanding Communities/Areas/Populations

  • Tribally-led Maternal Mortality Review Committees – National Indian Health Board
  • American Indian Public Health Disparities Regional Differences in Health – Empire State Public Health Training Center and University at Albany School of Public Health
  • The MCH Navigator – MCH Navigator

Use of Data / Evaluation

  • CDC Levels of Care Assessment Tool (CDC LOCATe) – CDC
  • Maternal Morbidity and Mortality Environmental Scan – National Quality Forum
  • Pregnancy Mortality Surveillance System (PMSS) – CDC
  • Analysis of Federal Bills to Strengthen Maternal Health Care – Kaiser Family Foundation
  • Maternal Health in the United States: Findings from the Health Resources and Services Administration and Partners – Annals of Internal Medicine, Volume 173, Issue 11 Supplement
  • Maternal Mortality Review Committees – Guttmacher Institute
  • Rural Health Information Hub Topic Resources – Rural Health Information Hub, HRSA, DHHS
  • Addressing Racial Bias in Maternal Health Outcomes Through Data Disaggregation – Improving Maternal Health Houston
  • AAMC Maternal Health Equity Webinar Series – American Public Health Association
  • EnRICH Webinar Series – Health Resources Services Administration, Office of Epidemiology and Research
  • State Infant Mortality (SIM) Toolkit: A Standardized Approach for Examining Infant Mortality – Association of Maternal and Child Health Programs (AMCHP)
  • National Network of Perinatal Quality Collaboratives – National Institute for Children's Health Quality
  • Our World in Data: Maternal Mortality – Global Change Data Lab
  • MCH Data Connect at Harvard School of Public Health – Harvard University
  • CDC Reproductive Health Data Resource Tools – CDC
  • Maternal Health Data Visualization, Publications, and Infographics – Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation
  • Maternal Health Data Visualization, Maps, and Factsheets – Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation
  • A Toolkit for Centering Racial Equity Throughout Data Integration – ActionableIntelligence for Social Policy (AISP)
  • Achieving Health Equity for Disadvantaged Populations – Health Management Associates
  • NOWHERE TO GO: MATERNITY CARE DESERTS ACROSS THE U.S. (2020 REPORT) – March of Dimes
  • Tribally-led Maternal Mortality Review Committees – National Indian Health Board
  • CDC Maternal Mortality Reports – CDC
  • MMRIA/Review to Action – CDC
  • Community Tool Box – The University of Kansas, Community Tool Box
  • The MCH Navigator – MCH Navigator

Workforce / Partner Leadership Building

  • New Jersey’s Project ECHO Builds Provider Capacity to Support Maternal and Child Health during COVID-19 – National Academy for State Health Policy
  • National Implementation Research Network – University of North Carolina, NIRN
  • Community Tool Box – The University of Kansas, Community Tool Box
  • The MCH Navigator – MCH Navigator

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