학술논문
Safe Start Community Health Worker Program: A Multisector Partnership to Improve Perinatal Outcomes Among Low-Income Pregnant Women With Chronic Health Conditions.
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*CHRONIC diseases in pregnancy
*COMMUNITY health services
*HOSPITAL care
*INTENSIVE care units
*INTERPROFESSIONAL relations
*MATERNAL health services
*MEDICAID
*EVALUATION of medical care
*PREGNANCY
*HUMAN services programs
*EVALUATION of human services programs
*MIDDLE-income countries
*LOW-income countries
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0090-0036
Abstract
Safe Start is a community health worker program representing a partnership between a high-volume, inner-city, hospital-based prenatal clinic; a community-based organization; a large Medicaid insurer; and a community behavioral health organization to improve perinatal outcomes among publicly insured pregnant women with chronic health conditions in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. As of June 2019, 291 women participated in the program. Relative to a comparison group (n = 300), Safe Start participants demonstrate improved engagement in care, reduced antenatal inpatient admissions, and shorter neonatal intensive care unit stays. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]