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 Develop formal education programs for OB providers to become pregnancy medical home

 Promote health across the lifespan

 Improve access to interconception health care, with a particular focus on women with chronic diseases and adverse pregnancy outcomes.  Reduce teen birth rates through increased implementation of evidence- based teen pregnancy prevention programs and increased access to long- acting reversible contraceptives.  Increase the number of providers screening pregnant women for smoking, alcohol and drug use, domestic violence and depression and making appropriate referrals.  Increase the number of women who keep the postpartum visit appointments to ensure follow-up for any post pregnancy health concerns and the opportunity to access birth control methods of choice.

 Use data to inform practice and drive decision-making. o Use data to identify counties and neighborhoods at highest risk of poor birth outcomes and implement priority interventions in those areas. o Conduct a thorough assessment of existing data systems to determine strengths that currently exist and which data systems may need to be developed and/or improved. o Create formal data-sharing partnerships to facilitate timely and ongoing data analysis and linkages. o Partner with Vital Statistics to devise and implement strategies to improve data quality from birth and death certificates, as well as surveys such as the Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System and the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System. o Work with Community Health and Chronic Disease Prevention partners to collaborate closely on projects around topics in the intersection of chronic disease and maternal and child health. o Explore opportunities to expand data analysis capacity through partnerships and collaborations with other researchers such as graduate students, university faculty and staff, and fellows.

 Eliminate disparities and promote health equity o Ensure health care services are provided in a manner compatible with the cultural beliefs, practices, and preferred language of the consumer. o Collaborate with community based organizations such as Healthy Start and PASOs to implement culturally appropriate best and promising practices in targeted counties with greatest numbers and rates. o Implement programs with an evidence base for the population served. o Prepare and maintain current demographic, cultural, and epidemiologic profiles to accurately plan and implement services that respond to the cultural and linguistic characteristics of the population.