Rural Health
Resources by Topic: Maternal health and prenatal care
The Looming Crisis in Rural Healthcare
A 2019 5-part news series focused on the state of rural healthcare in Nebraska. Covers healthcare access issues related to hospital closures and cuts to services such as maternity care.
Type: Website
Sponsoring organization: Nebraska Rural Health Association
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A 2019 5-part news series focused on the state of rural healthcare in Nebraska. Covers healthcare access issues related to hospital closures and cuts to services such as maternity care.
Type: Website
Sponsoring organization: Nebraska Rural Health Association
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Being Small Has Advantages for Hospitals Implementing the Ten Steps
Highlights the New York State Breastfeeding Quality Improvement in Hospitals (NYS BQIH) Learning Collaborative, focusing on the experiences of two small rural hospitals.
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: National Institute for Children's Healthcare Quality
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Highlights the New York State Breastfeeding Quality Improvement in Hospitals (NYS BQIH) Learning Collaborative, focusing on the experiences of two small rural hospitals.
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: National Institute for Children's Healthcare Quality
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Alaska Shows Perinatal Regionalization Works to Reduce Infant Deaths
Highlights the Collaborative Improvement and Innovation Network to Reduce Infant Mortality (Infant Mortality CoIIN) in Alaska. Discusses hospital collaboration in a rural environment, including how they share data, best practices, and training; build relationships; and transfer higher-risk mothers and babies to the appropriate level of care using a regionalization model to reduce infant mortality.
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: National Institute for Children's Healthcare Quality
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Highlights the Collaborative Improvement and Innovation Network to Reduce Infant Mortality (Infant Mortality CoIIN) in Alaska. Discusses hospital collaboration in a rural environment, including how they share data, best practices, and training; build relationships; and transfer higher-risk mothers and babies to the appropriate level of care using a regionalization model to reduce infant mortality.
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: National Institute for Children's Healthcare Quality
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Smoking & Pregnancy in Underserved Populations: Overcoming Obstacles to Cessation Success
Highlights two programs that seek to reduce smoking rates among pregnant women: one focused on rural Alaska, particularly Alaskan Natives, and one focused on low-income women in Florida.
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: National Institute for Children's Healthcare Quality
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Highlights two programs that seek to reduce smoking rates among pregnant women: one focused on rural Alaska, particularly Alaskan Natives, and one focused on low-income women in Florida.
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: National Institute for Children's Healthcare Quality
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A Spotlight on Rural Families
Provides several articles and a webinar recording addressing rural children's health issues. Resources cover using telehealth to support breastfeeding mothers, coordinating care for rural patients, and maternal opioid use.
Type: Website
Sponsoring organization: National Institute for Children's Healthcare Quality
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Provides several articles and a webinar recording addressing rural children's health issues. Resources cover using telehealth to support breastfeeding mothers, coordinating care for rural patients, and maternal opioid use.
Type: Website
Sponsoring organization: National Institute for Children's Healthcare Quality
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Maternal Opioid Misuse (MOM) Model
Overview of a CMS initiative focused on the care of pregnant and postpartum Medicaid beneficiaries with opioid use disorder (OUD) through state-driven transformation of the delivery system. Supports coordination of clinical care and integration of other services critical for health, well-being, and recovery.
Type: Website
Sponsoring organization: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
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Overview of a CMS initiative focused on the care of pregnant and postpartum Medicaid beneficiaries with opioid use disorder (OUD) through state-driven transformation of the delivery system. Supports coordination of clinical care and integration of other services critical for health, well-being, and recovery.
Type: Website
Sponsoring organization: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
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Texas Health Data
Provides public health datasets for Texas addressing healthcare use and quality, mortality, opioids, lifestyle risk factors, the health workforce, maternal and child health, and more. Filtering options vary by data source and may include data by county, Metropolitan Service Area, and border counties.
Type: Database
Sponsoring organization: Texas Health and Human Services
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Provides public health datasets for Texas addressing healthcare use and quality, mortality, opioids, lifestyle risk factors, the health workforce, maternal and child health, and more. Filtering options vary by data source and may include data by county, Metropolitan Service Area, and border counties.
Type: Database
Sponsoring organization: Texas Health and Human Services
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PeriStats
Provides access to data on maternal and infant health. Includes information on preterm birth, birthweight, infant mortality, delivery method, prenatal care, health insurance coverage, and more. Some data are available at the county level.
Type: Website
Sponsoring organization: March of Dimes
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Provides access to data on maternal and infant health. Includes information on preterm birth, birthweight, infant mortality, delivery method, prenatal care, health insurance coverage, and more. Some data are available at the county level.
Type: Website
Sponsoring organization: March of Dimes
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Nebraska Primary Care: OB GYN Shortage Area Map
Shows general obstetrics and gynecology state and federal shortage areas.
Type: Map/Mapping System
Sponsoring organization: Nebraska Office of Rural Health
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Shows general obstetrics and gynecology state and federal shortage areas.
Type: Map/Mapping System
Sponsoring organization: Nebraska Office of Rural Health
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Virginia Health Data Portal
Interactive tool providing health-related data for Virginia. Includes information about cancer, chronic disease, communicable disease, demographics, drinking water, heath behavior, injury and violence, maternal and child health, opioid addiction, sexually transmitted infection, and social determinants of health.
Type: Website
Sponsoring organization: Virginia Department of Health
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Interactive tool providing health-related data for Virginia. Includes information about cancer, chronic disease, communicable disease, demographics, drinking water, heath behavior, injury and violence, maternal and child health, opioid addiction, sexually transmitted infection, and social determinants of health.
Type: Website
Sponsoring organization: Virginia Department of Health
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