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Innovations for Maternal and PerinataL Care ImprovemenT

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Innovations for Maternal and PerinataL Care ImprovemenT

Innovative care
to improve birth outcomes
and support families to thrive

The IMPLICIT Network develops, implements, evaluates, and optimizes new and existing models of care focused on improving birth outcomes and the health of mothers/birthing people, infants, and families.

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Interconception Care (ICC)

This model focuses on screening mothers/birthing people for smoking, depression, family planning, and multivitamin with folic acid intake during baby’s well child visits 0-24 months.

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4th Trimester (4TM)

This model aims to improve the health of families by redefining postpartum care for mothers/birthing people by assessing of conditions and risks in the prenatal and intrapartum period.

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We are excited to welcome Tegan Hagy to our team! We are excited to welcome Tegan Hagy to our team!

Tegan is a graduate of Penn's Master of Public Health program and brings more of 20 years of experience in advancing public health through project implementation, program management, and policy development. Her background includes work with the Philadelphia Department of Public Health, The Food Trust and The Common Market, as well as leadership roles with the USDA's Food and Nutrition Service, where she supported community food system development across multiple states. Tegan is passionate about maternal and child health, is a trained doula and certified lactation counselor, and is delighted to return to Penn supporting the IMPLICIT Network. Tegan lives in Philadelphia with her unruly garden, two children, and four chickens.

#IMPLICITNetwork #maternalchildhealth
Preeclampsia is a hypertensive disorder that is a Preeclampsia is a hypertensive disorder that is a complication of pregnancy. It is characterized by high blood pressure and often the presence of protein in the urine. If left untreated, it can lead to serious complications for the mother/birthing person and baby. 

Low-dose aspirin (LDA), taken daily during pregnancy, can prevent or delay the onset of preeclampsia. If a mother/birthing person has risk factors for preeclampsia it is recommended, after consultation with the patient's provider, that daily LDA supplementation begins late in the first trimester. 

For providers, the Hypertension in Pregnancy Change Package (HPCP) can be utilized to put more efficient and effective systems in place to care for birthing people with hypertension in pregnancy. The HPCP outlines the evidence and indications of LDA use in pregnancy to prevent preeclampsia. 

#IMPLICITNetwork #HypertensiveDisorders #Preeclampsia #LowDoseAspirin
Every mother/birthing person should have access to Every mother/birthing person should have access to comprehensive and patient centered family planning.

IMPLICIT Interconception Care (ICC) screens mothers/birthing people (MBPs) for four risk factors, including family planning, at their child’s Well Child Visits from 0-24 months. ICC initiates conversations about family planning, connects MBPs to care to discuss options, and/or even provides birth control at that visit.

IMPLICIT 4th Trimester (4TM) promotes patient centered contraception counseling across the prenatal and postpartum time periods. Providers review options and make a plan with the MBP to choose a contraception method that aligns with the MBP’s values and preferences.

Identifying family planning needs, providing interventions, and connecting families to care promotes not only healthier future pregnancies (if desired), but also a healthier mother/birthing person, child, and family. 

#IMPLICITNetwork #FamilyPlanning #Contraception #PatientCenteredContraceptionCounseling
Providing professional development opportunities, Providing professional development opportunities, such as research opportunities and quality improvement projects, is at the cornerstone of the work the IMPLICIT Network seeks to provide to current and future physicians. 

This month, we will be highlighting student and residents who have partnered with the Network to conduct research projects utilizing IMPLICIT data. 

Today we are highlighting Anisha Willis! Anisha is a current undergraduate student at the University of Pennsylvania. She will be conducting a project focused on the effects of prenatal biomedical risks and intrapartum complications on mood disorders identified at the postpartum visit.

If you are a current student or resident interested in working with the IMPLICIT Network, please feel free to reach out to us! 

#IMPLICITNetwork #4thtrimester #research
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