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Introduction
Putting the Key Activities in Context
Foundational Key Activities
1: Convene a Multidisciplinary Implementation Team Focused on Pregnant and Postpartum People
2: Provide Prepregnancy Healthcare
3: Implement Perinatal Care Clinical Guidelines Including Specialty Referral
4: Develop and Implement Standing Orders
5: Use a Systematic Approach to Decrease Inequities within the Population of Focus
6: Use Care Gap Reports or Registries to Identify All Patients Eligible and Due for Care
7: Proactively Reach Out to Patients Due for Care
8: Develop or Refine and Implement a Pre-Visit Planning Process
9: Use Social Needs Screening to Inform Patient Treatment Plans
10: Implement Behavioral Health Screening, Including Postpartum Depression
11: Conduct Postpartum Planning and Care
12: Support Patient Self-Care
13: Coordinate Care
Going Deeper Key Activities
14. Improve Vaccine Uptake
15: Group Prenatal Care, Including Centering Pregnancy
16: Doula Programs
17: Continue to Develop Referral Relationships and Pathways
18: Strengthen Community Partnerships
19: Provide Care Management
20: Strengthen a Culture of Equity
21: Offer Virtual Care
On the Horizon Key Activities
22: Group Postpartum (New Parent) Care
Appendices
Appendix A: Sample Idealized System Diagram
Appendix B: Theory of Change
Appendix C: Developing a Robust Measurement Strategy
Appendix D: Guidance on Technological Interventions
Suggested Citation and Acknowledgements
Populations of Focus
Pregnant People Guide
Version 3 – June 2026
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APPENDIX A:
Sample Idealized System Diagram
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