S2, E3 Show Notes

EPISODE 3 SUMMARY: On this edition of Before Birth and Beyond, we discuss Care mapping and other strategies and tools to support the transition from pediatric to adult care for children and youth with special healthcare needs. Care mapping is a process that guides and supports the ability of families and care professionals to work together to achieve the best possible health outcomes. Tune in as we explore the benefits of care mapping for improving communication with providers, patients, and caregivers.

Main Story: Benefits of Care Mapping for Providers, Children and Youth with Special Healthcare Needs, and Caregivers

SEGMENT SUMMARY: Care mapping is one of a variety of tools and strategies health professionals, can recommend to improve the process of transition from pediatric to adult care for children and youth with special health care needs. The Florida Children’s Medical Services Learning and Action Network (FL CMS LAN), led by NICHQ in partnership with the Florida Department of Health, recently focused quality improvement efforts on various areas of transition from pediatric to adult care. On this episode, we're joined by Sandra Widland, NICHQ project director, Linda Starnes, Florida Children's Medical Services Title V Statewide Family Leader, and Elsie Garcia, FL CMS LAN Craniofacial Statewide Networks for Access and Quality Family Partner.

RELATED LINKS:

• Care Mapping: A How-To Guide for Patients and Families
• Care maps: De-medicalizing children with medical complexity
• Enhanced Support During and After Transition from Pediatric to Adult Care Needed for People Living with Sickle Cell Disease
• Preparing Children with Special Healthcare Needs for Transition of Care
• Improving Transitions in Care Saves Lives
• GOT Transition

Why I Work in MCH

Gabe Soto has served as NICHQ’s Accounts Payable Coordinator since 2022. Gabe, who recently expanded his family, shares how working at NCHQ has impacted his parenting experience and offers advice to MCH organizations seeking to create more initiatives dedicated to supporting fathers and partners in honor of Men's Health Month.

Learn more about Ana and the rest of NICHQ’s team at https://www.nichq.org/about/team.

S2, E3 Show Notes

EPISODE 3 SUMMARY: Recognize National Minority Health Month with NICHQ! This year's theme is: Be the Source for Better Health: Improving Health Outcomes Through Our Cultures, Communities, and Connections. Tune in to our latest episode to hear from Kimberly Seals Allers, creator of the IRTH app who shares how IRTH works with communities and hospitals to improve health care quality for Black and brown women and birthing people.

Main Story: Empowering Black and Brown Women to Share their Experiences of Care

SEGMENT SUMMARY: In this episode of Before Birth & Beyond, we sit down with Kimberly Seals Allers, creator of the IRTH app, to discuss the importance of collecting and sharing data to transform the health system and mprove the experience of care for women and birthing people in Black and brown communities.

TAKE ACTION: Download the IRTH app – Apple | Google Play

RELATED LINKS:

• Learn more about the IRTH app
• Explore resources from IRTH

Why I Work in MCH
This month, we’re joined by Dana West, Ph.D., Associate Project Director of Equity, who shares how her upbringing and research in sexual and gender minorities led her to a focus on health equity and maternal and child health.

Learn more about Ana and the rest of NICHQ’s team at https://www.nichq.org/about/team.

S2, E2 Show Notes

EPISODE 1 SUMMARY: In this episode of Before Birth & Beyond, celebrate World Doula Week with NICHQ as we discuss the ways doula support improves maternal and child health outcomes and patient and family engagement with LaToshia Rouse CD/PCD(DONA), owner of Birth Sisters Doula Services. Rouse currently serves as the Patient and Family Engagement Co-Chair of the National Network for Perinatal Quality Collaboratives Executive Committee and joined NICHQ’s Board of Directors in March 2022.

Main Story: Doula Services Improve Maternal and Birth Outcomes

SEGMENT SUMMARY: Celebrate World Doula Week with NICHQ! Studies examining the impact of continuous support by doulas report significant reductions in cesarean births, instrumental vaginal births, need for oxytocin augmentation, and shortened durations of labor. In this episode of Before Birth & Beyond, we discuss the ways doula support improves maternal and child health outcomes and patient and family engagement.

TAKE ACTION: Join NICHQ in celebrating World Doula Week

RELATED LINKS:

• READ | Doula Support Improves Maternal and Child Health Outcomes, Patient and Family Engagement
• VIDEO ON DEMAND | NICHQ's 3/27 Doula Webinar

EQUITY: Join NICHQ for, "The Equity Exchange" Reproductive Justice + Black Feminism

SEGMENT SUMMARY: Join NICHQ for a virtual event in honor of Black Maternal Health Week 2024. The Equity Exchange, held on April 16 from 1-2 PM EDT, will focus on reproductive justice and Black feminism. This year's official theme “Our Bodies STILL Belong to Us: Reproductive Justice NOW!” focuses on widespread restrictions on abortion care access coupled with rising cases of criminalization due to pregnancy loss continue to widen the gaps of adverse maternal and birth outcomes in the U.S.

TAKE ACTION: Register for the upcoming The Equity Exchange

RELATED LINKS:

• REGISTER | NICHQ's Equity Engagement Hub
• WATCH | The Equity Exchange: The State of DEI + The Equity Systems Continuum

Why I Work in MCH

This month, we’re joined by Tatiana Egbuna, NICHQ Project Coordinator for the Supporting Healthy Start Performance Project, who shares how she utilizes her expertise with patient and family engagement, gained through her training as a certified doula, to better support grantees and project participants.

Learn more about Ana and the rest of NICHQ’s team at https://www.nichq.org/about/team.