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Resources by Topic: Maternal health and prenatal care

Cesarean Delivery - New Mexico PRAMS
Reports on data from New Mexico's Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS) regarding the prevalence of cesarean sections (c-sections). Includes breakdowns by reason for c-section, age, race/ethnicity, rural/urban residence, and more.
Date: 12/2018
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: New Mexico Department of Health
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State Options for Promoting Recovery among Pregnant and Parenting Women with Opioid or Substance Use Disorder
Reports on interviews with health officials in Texas, Colorado, and Pennsylvania regarding how their states help pregnant women and young mothers with substance use disorders, focusing on opioids. Discusses Medicaid's role, funding sources of state initiatives, medication-assisted treatment, and issues for incarcerated women. Includes considerations and examples related to rural health throughout.
Author(s): Becky Normile, Carrie Hanlon, Hannah Eichner
Date: 10/2018
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: National Academy for State Health Policy
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HRSA's Home Visiting Program: Supporting Families Impacted by Opioid Use and Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome: A Resource for MIECHV Awardees
Details a report for HRSA's Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting (MIECHV) Program grantees on providing support to families impacted opioid use disorder (OUD) and neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS). Discusses methods of treatments for newborns with NAS and Medication-Assisted Treatment (MAT) for pregnant women with OUD.
Date: 10/2018
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Health Resources and Services Administration
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Supporting Family Physician Maternity Care Providers
Summarizes strategies, provides suggestions, and examines the role family physicians play in providing maternity care to the underserved. Also presents ideas for training and retaining family physician maternity care providers in rural areas.
Author(s): Jessica Taylor Goldstein, Scott G. Hartman, Matthew R. Meunier, et al.
Citation: Family Medicine, 50(9), 662-671
Date: 10/2018
Type: Document
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Analysis of Indiana's Primary Care Physicians Providing Obstetric Services
Quantifies and describes the Indiana primary care physicians who report providing some level of obstetric care. Includes county-level maps with data on infant mortality rates from 2012-2016 and access to prenatal, labor and delivery, postnatal, and comprehensive obstetric services, with shadings indicating rural counties.
Author(s): Hannah Maxey, Sierra Vaughn, Courtney Randolph
Date: 09/2018
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Bowen Center for Health Workforce Research and Policy
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Grantee-Led Evaluations in the Tribal Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting Program: A Compilation of Grantee Evaluation Plan Profiles
Features a compilation of evaluation plans of Tribal Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting Program grantees from 2010-2016. Details the name of the tribe, a summary of the evaluation plan, and contact information for the evaluation team.
Date: 09/2018
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Administration for Children and Families
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Better Data and Better Outcomes: Reducing Maternal Mortality in the U.S.
Provides the House Subcommittee on Health hearing recording and related documents on preventing maternal deaths. Addresses disparities in rural maternal mortality. Features testimonies from the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, the National Birth Equity Collaborative, March of Dimes, and more.
Additional links: Joia Crear Perry Testimony, Stacey Stewart Testimony
Date: 09/2018
Type: Video/Multimedia
Sponsoring organization: House Energy and Commerce Committee, Subcommittee on Health
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Opioid-Affected Births to Rural Residents
Examines rates of diagnosis of maternal opioid use disorder and infant neonatal abstinence syndrome for rural residents at time of childbirth. Includes statistics for delivery location with breakdowns by rural, urban non-teaching, and urban teaching hospitals.
Author(s): Katy Kozhimannil, Tongtan Chantarat, Alexandra Ecklund, Carrie Henning-Smith
Date: 09/2018
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: University of Minnesota Rural Health Research Center
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Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome and Maternal Access to Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder in California Counties
Presents a study on maternal access to opioid use disorder (OUD) treatment in California. Discusses the role of Medication-Assisted Treatment (MAT) in treating neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS) and highlights some of the barriers rural pregnant women with OUD must overcome to receive treatment.
Author(s): Anuj Gangopadhyaya, Lisa Clemans-Cope, Marni Epstein
Date: 09/2018
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Urban Institute
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Rural Health Opioid Program Funds Care Coordination Efforts for Recovery
Highlights programs funded by the Federal Office of Rural Health Policy that provide opioid treatment and recovery care coordination. An Ohio program uses care coordination in an existing syringe exchange program and county family drug court, a Kentucky program focuses on helping prisoners, and a Montana program reaches new and expectant mothers.
Author(s): Jenn Lukens
Citation: Rural Monitor
Date: 09/2018
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Rural Health Information Hub
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