Strengthening Perinatal Services Through Social Care: Outcomes of a Quality Improvement Initiative for a Health Center-Based Perinatal Care Program.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Given the prevalence and consequences of unmet social needs in perinatal populations, there is a critical demand for perinatal care that addresses social needs. To better support health systems in providing comprehensive social and perinatal care services, this quality improvement initiative uses the Donabedian model for care quality to describe the structure, process, and outcomes of embedding an innovative perinatal care program with integrated social care into an established primary care center.

Process

The Improving Maternal Outcomes Now! (IMON) program was designed to address the clinical and health-related social needs of patients at highest risk of maternal health disparities. The IMON program offers holistic prenatal and postpartum care through the provi

SUBMITTER: Emery Tavernier RL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12914623 | biostudies-literature | 2026 Jan-Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature