App
PreemiePrep APP
Created by MPO to assist healthcare providers in the careful assessment, screening, and parent education necessary to prepare late preterm babies for discharge to their home.
Professional Education & Resources – Websites
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Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)
Infants born preterm or with complex congenital conditions are surviving to discharge in growing numbers and often require significant monitoring and coordination of care in the ambulatory setting.
American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP)
The AAFP exists to power 134,600 physicians and medical students nationwide, as the only medical society devoted solely to primary care.
American Academy of Pediatrics – Section on Neonatal Perinatal Medicine
Information for families and caregivers, including helpful links
American College of Nurse-Midwives (ACNM)
The ACNM is the professional association that represents certified nurse-midwives (CNMs) and certified midwives (CMs) in the United States.
American College of Nurse-Midwives (ACNM) – MN Affiliate
The local affiliate of the ACNM, offering local continuing education, networking, and events.
American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC)
The ANCC credentials both organizations and individuals who advance nursing.
Association of Women’s Health, Obstetric & Neonatal Nurses
AWHONN represents the interests of 350,000 registered nurses working in women’s health, obstetric, and neonatal nursing across the United States.
Association of Women’s Health, Obstetric, and Neonatal Nurses (AWOHNN)
AWHONN’s mission is to empower and support nurses caring for women, newborns, and their families through research, education, and advocacy.
Association of Women’s Health, Obstetric, and Neonatal Nurses (AWOHNN) MN Section
The local section of AWHONN, offering local continuing education, networking, and events.
Center for Disease Control’s Information regarding maternal and reproductive health
Clinical Directors Network
Clinical Directors Network, Inc. (CDN) is a not-for-profit clinician membership organization, practice-based research network (PBRN), and clinician training organization
Implicit Bias: Using Brain Science to Understand, Recognize, and Counter It (On Demand)
Region vs Public Health Training Center’s course on implicit bias. Open to public health professionals in all settings, including governmental public health, non-profits, health systems, etc. as well as across disciplines, whether health education, behavioral health, nursing, environmental health, leadership, etc.
Institute for Healthcare Improvement
March of Dimes
Prematurity Campaign – Enter your zip code under “Find Your Local Chapter” to be directed to the MN Chapter
Maternal & Child Health Johns Hopkins Center for American Indian Health
Information regarding available programs regarding Maternal and Child Health.
National Association of Neonatal Nurses (NANN)
NANN is a community of registered nursing professionals who care for infants born with a variety of health challenges and surgical problems.
National Institute for Children’s Health Quality (NICHQ)
For 20 years, NICHQ (pronounced ‘nitch-cue’) has been guided by a profound passion for every child to achieve optimal health.
National Perinatal Association (NPA)
providing programs, services and opportunities to learn and engage
Nurse Practitioners Guide
Nurse practitioner data and resources to help you learn more about becoming a nurse practitioner, including the career options that may be available to you after you graduate.
Prenatal-to-3 Policy
Information on research regarding public policy for young children and society.
South Dakota Perinatal Association (SDPA)
The South Dakota Perinatal Association is dedicated to improving outcomes of pregnant women and infants through education in the State of South Dakota.
The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists’ page on preterm labor and birth information
The Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine
Health System Information
Allina Health
Includes patient/family education materials in a searchable format, or by category
Gillette Children’s Specialty Healthcare
Gillette conferences and webinars attract national and international speakers and attendees who wish to collaborate with and learn from our experts.
Health Partners and Park Nicollet
Mostly focused on finding providers, with a brief FAQ page for patients regarding each category
University of Minnesota Masonic Children’s Hospital
Includes patient/family education materials from topics A-Z
State Perinatal Quality Collaboratives
CDC State Perinatal Quality Collaboratives
State perinatal quality collaboratives (PQCs) are state or multi-state networks of teams working to improve the quality of care for mothers and babies.
National Network of Perinatal Quality Collaboratives
What Are PQCs?
Perinatal Information
CMQCC / Anthem Blue Cross: Improving Birth Care, Experiences & Outcomes for & with Black Mothers
presented in part by California Maternal Quality Care Collaborative
Hear Her Campaign (CDC)
700 women die every year in the United States from pregnancy-related complications
Minnesota Department of Health – Maternal & Child Health (MCH) Section
The MCH Section strives to improve the health status of children and youth, women and their families.
Urgent Maternal Warning Signs (ACOG)
If you have any of these symptoms during or after pregnancy, contact your health care provider and get help right away. If you can’t reach your provider, go to the emergency room.
Postpartum Information
Postpartum Support International
Postpartum Support International is dedicated to helping women suffering from perinatal mood and anxiety disorders, including postpartum depression, the most common complication of childbirth.
Postpartum Support International – local support groups
Information on local support groups and emergency hotlines
Pregnancy & Postpartum Support MN
Resources, support and a no-cost, 24-hour helpline for pregnant women, new parents and providers
Women’s Health.gov
Information on postpartum depression, sponsored by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Community Organizations
4am Doulas
African American Babies Coalition
Ahavah Birthworks
AI Family Center
All Things Birth
Amma Parenting Center
Better Beginnings
BirthEd
Breaking Free
By Water Birth
Childbirth Collective
Chosen Vessels Midwifery Services
Clear Holistic Therapies
Club Dad
Community Voices and Solutions (CVAS)
Cultural Wellness Center
Dialog One
DONA International Certified
Doula Mae Birth Services
Embrace Childbirth Doula Service
Enlightened Mama
Everyday Miracles
Flutterby Birth Services
Great Lakes Inter-Tribal Epidemiology Center (GLITEC)
Great Plains Telehealth Resource and Assitance Center (gpTRAC)
Growing Communities for Peace
Health Birth Day, Inc & Count the Kicks
Healthy Birth Day, Inc & Count the Kicks
Iris Mental Health
Joyful Birth
La Leche League of MN/Dakotas
Lactation Advocacy Committee
Lansinoh
Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe
March of Dimes
Mewinzha Ondaadiziike Wiigaming
Midwest Doulas
Minneapolis American Indian Center – Bright Beginning Program
Minnesota Communities Care Clinics
Minnesota Community Health Workers Alliance
Minnesota Milk Bank for Babies
Minnesota Network of Hospice and Palliative Care
MN Department of Health
Mystic Roots Mama
NorthPoint Health and Wellness Center
Nuway Counseling Center
Nystron and Associates, ltd.
Open Cities
Power of Positive Workouts
Pregnancy & Postpartum Support MN
Prison Doula Program
Project Turnabout
Proof Alliance (formerly MOFAS)
Preventing fetal alcohol spectrum disorders and supporting all impacted.
Ramsey County Birth Equity Community Council (RCBECC)
Recovering Hope Treatment Center
Recovery Hope
Red Leaf Center for Family Healing
River Rising Birth
Roots Community Birth Center
Sacred Space Birth Services
Southside Community Health Services
Star Legacy Foundation
Taylor Mensah In-Home Care
The Beautywell Project
Financial Resources
Makena Care Connection
A dedicated customer support program for patients and their healthcare providers that helps facilitate the prescription process.
SSA.gov
The Social Security and Supplemental Security Income disability programs are the largest of several Federal programs that provide assistance to people with disabilities.
