Resources for Practitioners

This is a collated list of evidence-based, peer-reviewed information addressing the social and economic forces affecting maternal and infant health. The goal is to support practitioners who are serving a wide range of women, including minority and at-risk patients.

We have also included the Texas Maternal Mortality and Morbidity Review Committee (MMMRC) and Department of State Health Services Joint Biennial Report 2022, which estimates 90 percent of the pregnancy-related deaths in Texas were preventable.

Recommendations

• Mommies Tool Kit

• Report from Nine Maternal Mortality Review Committees

• WHO Recommendations on Antenatal Care for a Positive Pregnancy Experience

• WHO, UNFPA and UNICEF: Pregnancy, Childbirth, Postpartum and Newborn Care: A Guide for Essential Practice

• Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services: Perinatal Care in Medicaid and CHIP

• ACOG Committee Opinion: The Importance of Vital Records and Statistics for the Obstetrician-Gynecologist

• WHO Recommendations on Interventions to Improve Preterm Birth Outcomes

• Improving the Health of African Americans in the USA: An Overdue Opportunity for Social Justice

• ACOG Committee Opinion: Optimizing Postpartum Care

Maternal Mortality & Morbidity

• National Center for Health Statistics, Health E-Stats, U.S. Maternal Mortality Rates, 2020

• WHO, UNICEF, UNFPA, World Bank Group and the U.N. Population Division: Maternal Mortality (1990-2015)

• ACOG Severe Maternal Morbidity: Screening and Review

• Maternal Early Warning Signs Protocol

• Process for Reviewing a Severe Maternal Morbidity Event

• Patient Clinical Summary After a Severe Maternal Event

• Severe Maternal Mortality Reporting Form: SMM Review

• Disparate Rates of Black Women Dying: At Birth and Postpartum Period

• Center for American Progress: Exploring African Americans’ High Maternal and Infant Death Rates