Search Results

The default setting for search results displays All Content. If you prefer to see recent content only, please adjust the date filter.

11 Results Found

Maternal Health: Rural Maternity Care

Rural populations have limited access and availability of quality maternity care. With many labor and delivery units closing, hospitals and health systems are exploring various ways to provide maternity care. AHA highlights stories from rural hospitals below.
Stories

Certified midwives tapped to eliminate ‘maternity care deserts,’ expand OB/GYN services in Illinois

Women's access to specialized health care is expanding in Illinois because of a collaboration between Bloomington's Advanced Women's Healthcare and OSF Healthcare to integrate certified midwives into OSF Healthcare's system.

Maternal Health: Person-centered Care

To work toward reducing known health disparities, AHA has developed numerous resources that emphasize the importance and impact of person-centered care.

Maternal Health: Improving Quality Outcomes

Designing care that improves quality and patient safety contributes to improved pregnancy outcomes. These AHA resources highlight success stories of hospitals and health systems that focus on models of care aimed at improving their maternal care quality and outcomes.
Resources

Maternal Health: Resources from the Field

These resources from expert professional groups can help hospitals optimize maternal safety and outcomes.

Infant Health

Infant mortality rate in the U.S is on a rise. These resources showcase ways hospitals and health systems are preventing infant mortality within and outside hospital walls.
Public

Maternal and Child Health Tools and Resources

Discover evidence-based toolkits from the California Maternal Quality Care Collaborative (CMQCC) to achieve significant results in maternal health outcomes.
Resources

Maternal and Child Health During COVID-19

To help hospitals and health systems address maternal and neonatal health during this public crisis, the AHA has assembled resources from across the field that you may find useful as you provide safe and high-quality care to mothers and babies during this time.
Other Resources

Maternal and Child Health Resources: 2023 Synopsis

Explore AHA’s Better Health for Mothers and Babies initiative resources, highlighting hospitals and health systems improving maternal and child health outcomes, produced in 2023.
Websites

Zika Infant and Pregnancy Links

Infant Related  CDC interim guidelines for U.S.