Maternal Health
Maternal Health
This collection of resources provides rural health care organizations, leaders, and communities with insights, guidance, and tools that can help them adapt to the evolving maternal health landscape.
Maternal health care is a critical issue for rural communities, with the decline in obstetric service access, and worsening maternal health outcomes. Rural areas face numerous barriers to health care access, including limited transportation, geographic isolation, health care workforce shortages, and economic challenges. These obstacles make it difficult for pregnant women to receive essential prenatal, delivery, and postpartum care, impacting both their health and the health of their infants. Given these challenges, innovation and collaboration are key to supporting and protecting the lives of mothers and babies. This toolkit offers webinars, research, and resources to assist rural leaders in improving maternal health care from prenatal through postpartum.
Current State of Rural Maternal Health
These tools provide decision-makers with an overview of challenges and opportunities affecting rural communities.
National Rural Health Day Episode: Addressing Rural Maternal Health Disparities, with Kristen Dillon
Rural Health Information Hub
American Hospital Association
Stroudwater
University of Minnesota Rural Health Research Center
March of Dimes
March of Dimes
Strategies for Improving Rural Maternal Care
These tools equip leaders and decision-makers with strategies to effectively respond to maternal health challenges.
National Rural Health Resource Center & Mainline Health Systems, Inc.
American Hospital Association
American Hospital Association
Stroudwater
Funding Opportunities
RHI Hub maintains the most current list of rural maternal health funding opportunities. These opportunities can be narrowed by state and active/inactive funding to help you select the most appropriate opportunities for your organization. The opportunities can also be sorted by application deadline or by alphabetical name.
Rural Health Information Hub
Rural Health Information Hub
Rural Health Information Hub
Other Resources
Health Resources and Services Administration - Maternal and Child Health Bureau
University of North Carolina - The Collaborative for Maternal and Infant Health and The Collaborative for Implementation Practice