Programs
FertilityEquity™ Education Training
Project Type: Training
The Fertility Equity Study eLearning modules are a free, online course from the Center for Maternal Health Equity at Morehouse School of Medicine, with support from Ferring Pharmaceuticals. . Designed for clinicians, accessible to all,…
ECHO: Empowering Communities for Healthy Outcomes
Project Type: Research
ECHO—short for Empowering Communities for Healthy Outcomes—is a collaborative initiative led by Emory University and Morehouse School of Medicine. It focuses on addressing overdose, now a leading cause of death during pregnancy and the postpartum…
CORAL: Center to Advance Reproductive Justice and Behavioral Health among Black Pregnant/Postpartum Women
Project Type: Research
The Center to Advance Reproductive Justice and Behavioral Health among Black Pregnant/Postpartum Women (CORAL) at the Morehouse School of Medicine in Atlanta, Georgia, is committed to developing and sustaining a robust, community-driven, transdisciplinary research infrastructure…
Maternal Health Education Training
Project Type: Training
This project is focused on developing dynamic, evidence-based training programs for healthcare providers that center on Respectful Maternity Care (RMC) and the Non-medical Drivers of Health (NMDH). Through immersive, simulation-based learning and real-world case studies,…
PM³: Preventing Maternal Mortality using Mobile Technology
Project Type: Research
PM³, in collaboration with Morehouse School of Medicine, Georgia Tech, Emory University, and Georgia State University, is an innovative mHealth research study designed by Black women, for Black women. This project aims to reduce maternal mortality…
Project SOAR: Supporting and Advancing Maternal Health in Rural Communities
Project Type: Research
Project SOAR addresses the maternal health crisis affecting Black communities in rural areas of Georgia. The initiative was created to empower rural families with resources and support to improve maternal health experiences and outcomes. …
Training Providers in Underserved Areas: Rural Maternal Health Residency Track
Project Type: Training
Black women in rural communities face distinctive challenges that increase their risk of adverse maternal health outcomes. Rural Black women face a heightened risk of maternal morbidity and mortality due to shortage of hospitals and…
Primary Care Training and Enhancement-Community Prevention and Maternal Health (PCTE-CPMH) Program
Project Type: Training
The goal of this program is to train primary care physicians in maternal population health. Through his program we aim to expand the preventive medicine residency training to include enhanced leadership, didactic and experiential training…
Breastfeeding Program
Project Type: Past Projects
We have partnered with HealthConnect One to evaluate their breastfeeding program. Our aim is to determine the efficacy of community-based, peer-to-peer programs to raise breastfeeding rates in BIPOC and marginalized communities.
Nutrition Education and Meal delivery to alleviate Gestational Diabetes Mellitus
Project Type: Past Projects
We have partnered with Open Hand to evaluate their project entitled, “Nutrition Education and Meal delivery to alleviate Gestational Diabetes Mellitus”. Our evaluation would look at the processes they undertook to conduct the program as…
Strengthening Community Health Worker (CHW) Civic Engagement Strategy to Promote a Culture of Health in Georgia
Project Type: Community
The main goal of this project is to promote health equity in Georgia by building and boosting the capacity of Georgia’s Community Health Workers (“CHWs”). A Community Health Worker is a frontline public health worker…
Georgia Maternal Health Research for Action- Steering Committee (GMHRA-SC)
Project Type: Community
The goal of the project is to increase the effectiveness of postpartum discharge education and improve rural women’s compliance with postpartum care recommendations using our PM3 mobile app. This study is for Black women by…