Rural Maternal Health Overview

Rural Maternal Health Overview - Rural Health Information Hub

This topic guide covers rural maternal health disparities, issues of access, barriers to rural maternal well-being, workforce challenges, and ways rural ...

Restoring Access to Maternity Care in Rural America

Nearly half of rural U.S. counties are maternity care deserts where lack of access to obstetric care contributes to rising maternal death ...

NRHA Maternal Health Advocacy | National Rural Health Association

Maternal health is a critical issue, especially in rural communities. The access to consistent maternity care, reproductive services, postpartum support, and ...

Rural–Urban Disparities in Adverse Maternal Outcomes in the ...

Maternal mortality increased in both rural (66.9–81.7 deaths per 100 000 live births) and urban (38.1–42.3) areas and was nearly 2 times higher ...

Improving Access to Maternal Health Care In Rural Communities

This issue brief focuses on access to care for women in rural communities before, during, and after pregnancy. It provides an overview of the ...

Availability of Hospital-Based Obstetric Care in Rural Areas | U.S. GAO

Experts and other stakeholders said it is difficult for hospitals in rural areas to recruit and retain maternal health providers. Also, a higher ...

Rural–Urban Disparities in Adverse Maternal Outcomes in the ...

Maternal mortality increased in both rural (66.9–81.7 deaths per 100 000 live births) and urban (38.1–42.3) areas and was nearly 2 times higher in rural areas ( ...

Rural Maternity and Obstetrics Management Strategies (RMOMS ...

What does the RMOMS program do? · Collecting data on rural hospital obstetric services; · Building networks to coordinate continuum of care; · Leveraging ...

Need for Maternal Health Programs in Rural Areas - RHIhub Toolkit

Maternal health programs in rural areas can help to increase access to high quality healthcare services before, during, and after pregnancy.

Advancing Rural Maternity Health Equity - CMS

The issue brief features specific programs that are designed to address barriers to rural maternal health access and quality. The report provides an overview of ...

3 Keys to Addressing the Rural Maternal Health Crisis | AHA

Rural hospitals, which deliver about one in 10 babies nationally each year, have been closing in significant numbers.

Health Disparities in Rural Women - ACOG

During 2008–2010, rural women aged 18–64 years reported the highest rates of delayed care or no medical care due to cost (18.6%) and no health insurance ...

Family Medicine Recognized in Rural Maternal Health Equity ...

To identify maternal health disparities and find ways to improve access to maternity care and improve health outcomes for pregnant women and ...

UMN Rural Health Researchers Build the Evidence Base to Address ...

Rural residents in areas without obstetric care also have less access to other maternity support services, including childbirth education ...

How We Improve Maternal Health - HRSA

Pregnancy-related mortality is higher in rural counties than urban counties. Thirty-five percent of all U.S. counties lack hospitals or birth ...

The Additional Risks and Challenges for Pregnant Women in Rural ...

In rural and undeserved areas (meaning areas with lower numbers of health care providers per capita), several factors affect maternal mortality ...

MATERNAL HEALTH - 2022 National Healthcare Quality and ... - NCBI

Many cases of maternal mortality and morbidity are preventable. However, barriers to timely and effective maternal healthcare exist at multiple levels: ...

The Rural Maternity Care Crisis | Commonwealth Fund

With hospitals closing and a shortage of health professionals, pregnant women living in rural areas of America face barriers getting needed health care.

Global maternal mortality projections by urban/rural location and ...

Introduction. Maternal mortality remains a large challenge in global health, and is the focus of a United Nations (UN) Sustainable Development ...

A Conversation on Maternal Health Care in Rural Communities

... Health Care in Rural Communities: Charting a Path to Improved Access, Quality and Outcomes," on June 12 to provide an overview of the state of ...