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  • Operational Guidance | National Partnership for Women and Families
  • Culture Change
Resources for Incorporating Social Drivers into Maternity Care Screenings
Selected resources offer maternal health providers guidance on identifying social drivers of health when screening patients.
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Addressing the social drivers of maternal and infant health in maternity care can improve health outcomes. Operational guidance from Raising the Bar for Maternal Health Equity and Excellence provides recommendations including integrating screening tools for social needs, technical support for documentation, and follow-up methods to connect with patients.

Additional resources include how to:

  • Assess the effectiveness of addressing social needs
  • Select a screening tool to properly identify a patient’s risk factors and social needs 
  • Properly document and track distributed resources to provide proper follow-up actions
  • Checklist | National Partnership for Women & Families
  • Culture Change
Employer Checklist to Improve Health Equity
This diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) checklist guides employers in advancing health equity by assessing current practices and providing actionable recommendations.
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The assessment offers a structural approach to evaluating organizational demographics and embedding DEI principles throughout the workplace. Key steps include:

Conducting Organizational Assessments

  • Retrieve demographic data of your workforce
  • Audit workplace policies, benefits and hiring practices
  • Identify disparities in employee health outcomes

Employee Investment

  • Invest in employees who advance equity, quality and value
  • Provide career pathways and leadership opportunities for people of color
  • Employ a diverse workforce at all levels

Creating Healthy and Supportive Workplaces

  • Cultivate a culture that supports staff well-being
  • Adopt paid leave policies promoting economic security
  • Offer mental health and wellness services

Diversifying Procurement Practices

  • Hire racially and ethnically diverse vendors
  • Prioritize businesses owned by women, LGBTQIA+, and people with disabilities
  • Promote equity amongst contract workers

Learn more about assessing your organization’s demographic data to understand and address disparities in maternal health outcomes.

  • Roadmap | Advancing Health Equity
  • Culture Change
Advancing Health Equity Roadmap
An interactive digital roadmap provides a series of activities to help an organization or a multi-organization collaborative create a sustainable approach to reducing or eliminating health or healthcare disparities.
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Many healthcare organizations are committed to providing more equitable care, but implementing change is complex and daunting. This interactive roadmap provides comprehensive and detailed guidance to help organizations:

  • Identify a specific health equity focus. Leverage data to reveal existing community-level health disparities.
  • Diagnose and prioritize root causes. Determine the social and systemic drivers of inequities and evaluate what is both feasible to take on and critical to address.
  • Design transformations. Cast a wide and inclusive net in the planning of program redesigns. Avoid overburdening staff and commit to sharing the rationale behind key decisions.
  • Implement change. Consider pilot testing programs before making organization-wide reforms. Carefully study initial results and adjust programs as needed.

Other important actions include partnering with patients and community-based organizations, obtaining and maintaining stakeholder buy-in, and creating a team charter. Learn more.

  • Report | Raising the Bar
  • Culture Change
Bright Spots: Actionable Health Equity Lessons from Eight Communities
From a federally qualified health center partnering with Native American communities, to one of the country’s premiere children’s hospitals, there are bright spots in the national movement for health equity.
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A person’s health has roots in their community’s history. This report highlights aptly named “bright spots” in Alaska, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Ohio, South Carolina, and Utah—where identified healthcare organizations are flipping longstanding paradigms to improve the health and wellbeing of local residents, along with their institutions’ standing in their respective communities. 

From a federally qualified health center in South Carolina to a premier children’s hospital in Cincinnati, reducing racism and inequities requires structural change from within. It starts with “showing up” in surrounding historically marginalized communities.

Learn how healthcare organizations:

  • Made staffing decisions to ensure providers better represent and reflect patients
  • Advocated for social supports in the community, such as affordable housing and more accessible transportation
  • Engaged in meaningful partnerships with local groups like local food banks and legal aid societies to reach area residents via trusted communications channels.

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