LEGISLATIVE RESEARCH CENTER
File #: 22-4607    Version: 1
Type: Agenda Item Status: Passed
File created: 12/12/2022 In control: Health Department
On agenda: 1/17/2023 Final action: 1/17/2023
Title: Vote on a request to accept $35,463 TDE Perinatal Care Coordination grant funds from UNC Chapel Hill
Title
Vote on a request to accept $35,463 TDE Perinatal Care Coordination grant funds from UNC Chapel Hill

Abstract
Action Requested: Vote on a request to accept $35,463 TDE Perinatal Care Coordination grant funds from UNC Chapel Hill


Introduction & Background: The Chatham County Public Health Department as the backbone organization for the Equity for Moms and Babies Realized Across Chatham (EMBRACe) project is partnering with UNC Chapel Hill Department of Family Medicine and Piedmont Health Services on the implementation of a Duke Endowment-funded Perinatal Care Coordination project. The EMBRACe Coordinating Committee will support the implementation of the project.


Discussion & Analysis: The grant dollars will be used to support the execution of the following scope of work:

1. In partnership with birthing people in the community who are or have had to navigate the system, develop an experiential map of the local system of perinatal care. Map will help inform perinatal care coordination by identifying:
a. What services within and outside PHS are being used
b. To what extent moms and babies return to site of prenatal care for postnatal and infant care
c. Barriers experienced by birthing people as they seek care
d. Gaps and disconnects in local system of care
e. Experiences of discrimination, bias, and feeling unheard as well as experiences of respect, inclusion, belonging, and being seen and heard

2. Map the key data that informs perinatal clinical and social care including where structural pattern (alternative- Map the flow of perinatal and postpartum data across the system to determine how data gaps/roadblocks contribute to poor outcomes)
a. Collaborate with internal PHS data team to support identification, collection, analysis and reporting of data from enhanced screening to inform patient experiences with care coordination, dental, behavioral health as well as the chosen birthing hospital
b. Decrease missing data elements between birthing hospital an...

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