MHI CPM EI Progress Report 2024

PROGRESS REPORT 2024

Prepared by Prepared for JUNE 2024

QUATIAOSORIO SMHRIMCH

COMPANYOVERVIEW

MISSION VISION

The vision of the Urban Perinatal Education Center grew out of the inability to have a safe space reflective of the Black, Indigenous and People Of Color community in the perinatal and maternal health realm in our communities

Culturally Congruent Care and Community: Representation in health care matters and promotes health equity. Recent research suggests that Black provider-based care for Black families can cut mortality rates

Supporting Equity in Care: Maternal Health care inequities and disparities remain a symptom of institutional and systematic racism, especially in maternal health. Postpartum studies suggest that extra support and care are necessary to reduce such poor outcomes

Building a Workforce for Change: We know that communities empowered are the drivers for impact. This is more than recruitment but the sustainability of both the community and its workforce race based equity pay is paramount to establishing justice.

AREASOF IMPLEMENTATION FORINNOVATION

YEAR1

Create solidified and equitable MEACaccredited midwifery school partnerships which fulfill RI Department of Health Rules and Regulations for Midwifery Licensure within the first 9 months in the first year of the award

Recruit committed and talented CPM Program participants through conducting vigorous and personal outreach, employing marketing approaches, and providing incentives by 12 months into the award

Develop a CPM Initiative program performance and outcomes tracking, reporting, and dissemination system

Collaborative contractual agreement with MEAC accreditated institution

CRITICALGAPSINPRENATAL ANDMATERNITYCARE SERVICES

DIRECTCLINICAL CARE WORKFORCE TRAINING

The license to practice midwifery authorizes the holder to practice the independent management of cases of childbirth, including prenatal, intrapartum, postpartum, and normal newborn care, and well woman care including the management of common health problem. We are addressing maternal health care gaps in practitioner shortage, community accessibility to well woman care, and in home prenatal and postpartum care for families to alleviate the burden to the currently overtaxed medical establishment.

MATERNALHEALTH DATAENHANCEMENTS

RIDOH MCH Program Evaluator to oversee the development of a system for documenting and tracking program measures, completing reports, and formatting program evaluation information for dissemination to the relevant partners and stakeholders.

COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT

A RI specific cohort to addressing our disparaging data on Black and BIPOC maternal health birth outcomes, we are intentionally requesting equity promotion for health care in supporting a culturally concordant and congruent CPM workforce implementation

The Urban Perinatal Education Center is community born, driven, founded, and led, not just communitybased is the key component of the grassroots impact around birth equity. Equity can be defined as the state of being equal in opportunities, often linked with choice The birth community among those of color often does not have the privilege of choice or equity Accessibility to the diversification of birthing options is not attainable due to intentional barriers of care, accessibility, finances, and cultural concordant care. We know that reproductive justice is a cornerstone of our work and the edge we need to use as a guide in our efforts

COLLABORATIONMEAC SCHOOLAGREEMENT

Founded in 2020 Commonsense School of Midwifery is the USA's first and only Black-owned, MEAC accredited, private midwifery training school. This school was designed to enable students to gain the knowledge and skills needed to become highly competent midwives We place an emphasis on teaching the art of out-of-hospital birth, differentiating between low-risk and high-risk pregnancies while preparing students to organize and operate as a professional midwife

CCSM joins the nation with the distance learning school with a focus on designing a hybrid direct-entry Midwifery program. The program continues to follow the same Midwifery Core Curriculum but has been adapted to suit the needs of aspiring midwives across the nation The students will attend their academic course virtually, participate in clinical lab courses on campus during once a trimester workshops, and engage in a clinical externship in their local community over a period of three years

TALENT ACQUISITION& RECRUITMENT

LOCALRESIDENTS

We are intentional on building upon the existing and emerging community connections as we build out a diverse, equitable, and accessible workforce It is crucial that these are fellow members representing the local community

KEYTEAMSPOTLIGHT

OSORIO ZULRUIZGINES Executive Director Dean of CCSM

ServesasExecutiveDirectoroftheUrbanPerinatal EducationCenter,isFounderandBoardmemberof RhodeIslandBirthworkerCo-Op.ShehasherBSBAfrom BryantUniversityandBS-HSMfromJeffersonUniversity.She iscurrentlyenrolledatNationalCollegeofMidwiferyinNew Mexico.

Zulisamidwife,educator,andadvocateforculturallysafe midwiferycare.SheholdslicensesasaMidwifeinthestatesof CaliforniaandFlorida.Bornandraisedonthemagicalislandof PuertoRico,sheearnedherBAdegreeinHumanitiesfromthe UniversityofPuertoRico

QUATIA

FUTURE OUTLOOK

COMMUNITY MIDWIFERY SIMULATIONS

MEDICAID CONSIDERATIONS

COLLABORATIVE INTERAGENCYBETWEEN HOMEBIRTHSAND HOSPITALBIRTH

EXPANSIONOFLIMITED PRESCRIPTIVE AUTHORITY

As the cohort progresses through their academics and clinical experience we will move forward through the difference elements of the Midwifery Equity Initiative by advancing complementary systems, and infrastructure design.