Maternal and Child Health Resource Repository

Nurses from the Arkansas Center for Women & Infants’ Health at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) have launched an outreach initiative to support postpartum mothers.

The AHA has published a webpage that highlights facts, causes, effects and solutions that hospitals and health systems can use for reducing the risk and severity of postpartum hemorrhage.

The AHA’s Integrating Behavioral Health into Pediatric Care: Hospital-led Solutions to a Growing Crisis report outlines five hospital case studies showing how systems are integrating behavioral health and pediatric care to address a growing clinical demand.

A study published Jan. 7 by the University of Minnesota Rural Health Research Center examined the availability of hospital-based obstetric services in the U.S. by county from 2010-2023. It found 293 counties (8.6%) nationwide lost all hospital-based obstetric services during that period.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced Dec. 30 that it will no longer require states to report measures reflecting the immunization status of children and pregnant women, but states can still report that information voluntarily.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Jan. 5 updated the childhood vaccine schedule.

Postpartum hemorrhage (PPH) — or excessive bleeding following childbirth — is the leading cause of maternal morbidity and mortality worldwide. It causes a dangerous drop in blood pressure that can result in organ failure or, in extreme cases, death.

Hospitals are prioritizing maternal health by focusing on patient safety throughout pregnancy, childbirth and beyond.

Froedtert West Bend Hospital has expanded its breast milk donation program to mothers and babies not only in the hospital but also the surrounding region.

The Department of Health and Human Services Dec. 18 announced three regulatory actions related to the practice of “sex-rejecting procedures” on children. 

For Heather Kono, a pediatric oncology nurse at Loma Linda University Children’s Health in California, her journey with the hospital began long before she put on scrubs.

Eilidh Pederson, CEO at Western Wisconsin Health, shares lessons from her unique birthing experience — in which she delivered her own baby — and outlines how rural hospitals can continue to provide needed access to safe, high-quality maternity health services in rural America. LISTEN NOW 

Eilidh Pederson, CEO at Western Wisconsin Health, shares lessons from her unique birth experience, and outlines how rural hospitals can continue to provide needed access to safe, high-quality maternity health services.

The WNBA’s Indiana Fever has teamed up with the Peyton Manning Children’s Hospital at Ascension St. Vincent to recognize and celebrate some of the hospital’s patients who have overcome significant medical difficulties.

Late in her pregnancy, Kati Gyulai received unexpected news: Her baby’s limbs were measuring much shorter than average.

Dell Children’s Medical Center in Austin has unveiled a new intraoperative MRI surgical suite, designed specifically for pediatric neurosurgery.

Nothing can ever completely prepare a woman for pregnancy and childbirth, but East Alabama Medical Center’s Birth Navigator program aims to get as close as possible.

This 4-part webinar series showcases hospitals and health care organizations putting each principle into action to improve outcomes.

Vickie Johnson, executive vice president and chief community officer at Cleveland Clinic, and Roopa Thakur, M.D., pediatrician and associate program director of the Pediatric Residency Program at Cleveland Clinic Children’s, share how community collaboration, education and home remediation are driving Cleveland Clinic’s ambitious plan to ensure that every home and childcare center is lead-safe.

Elizabeth Dabrowski, M.D., pediatric endocrinologist at Children’s Wisconsin, and Matthew Edwards, R.D., diabetes care and education specialist at Children’s Wisconsin Diabetes Prevention Clinic, share how a collaborative approach — including endocrinologists, dietitians and physical therapists — empowers families to make sustainable lifestyle changes.