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American College of Preventive Medicine

  • Patient Readmission
  • Postnatal Care

Community Health Workers as Health Coaches and Educators: A Multidisciplinary Demonstration Project for Women with Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy

The postpartum period has been described as the most neglected aspect of maternity care. In the postpartum period, chronic diseases such as hypertension and diabetes are a leading cause of hospital readmissions for women in the United States. Due to the precarious nature of maternal care management during the postpartum period, targeted interventions must develop robust models to identify points of care for women during this period. Many recommendations for improving the quality of maternal care involve generating a more efficient team-based maternal care workforce. By utilizing a multidisciplinary team-based approach to provide patient-centered care, Emory developed a model to provide enhanced community health worker (CHW) support in the fourth trimester and beyond for postpartum women with hypertensive disorders of pregnancy (HDP). CHWs acted as liaisons between the patients/families and Grady-affiliated health centers. The CHWs also acted as health coaches to guide women through self-measurement blood pressure (SMBP) protocols and health education on lifestyle modifications. A multidisciplinary team of specialists in cardiology, obstetrics and gynecology, primary care, population health, mobile integrated health, and public health/data management developed a team-based care approach to support women with HDP in the postpartum period. The effort of this multi-year quality improvement demonstration project has achieved significant improvements in the postpartum care management of women with HDP who receive care in the at Grady Health System.

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AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™Up to 1.25 credits

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  • Board review / self-assessment
  • Credit · Up to 1.25 credits
  • Paid · this provider typically $35
  • Released
    Jun 5, 2024
  • Last day to claim credit
    Jun 6, 2027 8 months left

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