• ILPQC Overview
• Illinois Department of Public Health Birth Equity Initiative Letter of Support for Hospital Leadership
• Birth Equity Initiative Clinical Leads
• Birth Equity One Pager Factsheet

a. ACOG Committee Opinions/Statements

• ACOG Committee Opinion #729: Importance of Social Determinants of Health and Cultural Awareness in the Delivery of Reproductive Health Care – Table 1 Sample Screening Tool for Social Determinants of Health
• ACOG Committee Opinion #825: Care for Patients Who Have Experienced Trauma
• ACOG Statement: Our Commitment to Changing the Culture of Medicine and Eliminating Racial Disparities in Women’s Health Outcomes

b. SMFM Guidance

• SMFM: Strategies To Overcome Racism’s Impact on Pregnancy Outcomes
• SMFM Position Statement: Racial Disparities in Health Outcomes 

ACOG/SMFM et al. JOINT STATEMENT – Obstetrics and Gynecology: Collective Action Addressing Racism

• Birth Equity Sustainability Form*
• 10 Steps to Getting Started with the ILPQC Birth Equity Initiative 
• BE Key Strategies for Improvement 
• Birth Equity Aims and Measures
• Birth Equity Key Drivers Diagram
• Birth Equity Hospital Level Data Form *(UPDATED 5.2.2024)
• ILPQC PREM Data Form
• Birth Equity Readiness Survey
• Plan-Do-Study-Act Worksheet 
• 30-60-90 Day Template
• I-PROMOTE IL Digital Resource Library 

a. Social Determinants of Health Resource Mapping to assist linking patients to needed local resources and services

• ILPQC Social Determinants of Health Mapping Tool
  • *Example of Mapping Tool from MercyHealth (English and Spanish)
• ILPQC Summary Of Online Tools to Identify Resources and Services to Address Social Determinants of Health
• ILPQC Tip Sheets (Editable version for teams – Updated 3/21/2023)
• AHA: Addressing Social Determinants of Health Presentation (Slide set to educate staff on Social Determinants of Health)
• ILPQC NowPow Access Guide 
  • NowPow Information Sheet
  • NowPow Digital Community Resource & Service Directory
• FindHelp.org
  • FindHelp.org Information Sheet
  • FindHelp Tip Sheet 
• FIMR/IAMHP llinois Medicaid MCO Consumer Transportation Toolkit (English, Spanish)
• FIMR/IAMHP Illinois Medicaid MCO Maternal Benefits Toolkit (English, Spanish)
• Find Food IL Community Food Map
• Illinois Nutrition Program Matrix

b. Social Determinants of Health Screening Tools

• ILPQC Social Determinants Screening Tool Comparison
• Social Determinants of Health EMR Screener (Developed by Erie Health Center)
• Sample Screening Tool for Social Determinants of Health from ACOG committee opinion #729
• Social Determinants of Health in Pregnancy Tool (SIPT) with 5Ps (from Chicago PCC Communities Wellness Centers) and Actionable Map and Scoring Sheet
• Partner Healthcare Screening Tool from Massachusetts General Hospital Obstetrics & Gynecology, and Mass General Brigham)

c. Social Determinants of Health Folders: Patient and Provider Resources for SDoH Patients Who Screen Positiove

i. Resources to help providers and staff understand Social Determinants of Health

• • *ILPQC Social Determinants of Health Screening Checklist (NEW) 
  • *SDoH Process Flow (Screened Positive) (NEW)  
  • Empower Journey Map
  • Principles for Patient-Centered Approaches to Social Needs Screening
  • Patient-Centered Social Needs Screening Conversation Guide for Staff
  • Social Determinants of Health Curriculum for Clinicians (E-modules) 
  • PQI Socio-Ecological Model – Perinatal Disparities
  • AWHONN SBAR for Inclusive and Equitable Patient Care 

ii. Patients handouts on SDoH resources (to be launched for patients who screen positive)

• • ILPQC Tip Sheets (for patients)
  • ILPQC Universal Resources
  • NowPow Digital Community Resource & Service Directory  

d. Incorporating discussion of social determinants of health for maternal morbidity reviews

• *Incorporating SDoH in Hospital Maternal Morbidity Reviews Factsheet UPDATED (2.26.22)

NEW ILPQC Disparity Data Guide

a. Improve patient-reported race/ethnicity data collection for EMR

• HPOE – Reducing health care disparities: collection and use of race, ethnicity and language data
• AHA: How to Ask the Questions Regarding Race/Ethnicity
• AHA: Staff Training and Scripts Examples
• AHA: Optimizing Real Data Collection
• AHA: Develop a Methodology for Data Collection
• ILPQC: Process Flow for Race & Ethnicity Data Collection with Staff Responses

b. Resources to stratify hospital maternal health quality data by race, ethnicity, and insurance status

• HRET: Framework for Stratifying Race, Ethnicity, and Language Data
• ILPQC: Hospital tip sheet and resource overview for developing a process to review maternal health quality data stratified by race/ethnicity and Medicaid status
• Datassist Inc.: The Data Equity Framework

a. Sharing expected respectful care practices with providers, nurses, staff, and patients

• ILPQC Respectful Care Practices English
  • Poster 
  • *Provider and Nurse Respectful Care Sign-Off Document (NEW)
  • Patient and Provider Handout 
  • Bi-Fold (Brochure)  
• ILPQC Respectful Care Practices Spanish 
  • Poster 
  • *Provider and Nurse Respectful Care Sign-Off Document (NEW)
  • Patient and Provider Handout
  • Bi-Fold (Brochure)  
• Listen Campaign from Her Birth Right
• CDC: Hear Her Campaign
  • *CDC: Hear Her Campaign for Healthcare Providers (NEW)
• Institute for Perinatal Quality Collaborative SPEAK UP Flyer
  • *Institute for Perinatal Quality Improvement (PQI) Provider Champion Story About Providing Respecful Care- Dr. Deborah Taylor (NEW)

b. Patient Reported Experience Measure (PREM) patient survey

• NEW: PREM Survey Flyer with QR Codes (Updated 3.31.2023)
• NEW: Editable PREM Survey Flyer
• PREM Script Handout (11.22.2022)
• Example PREM Survey Flyer shared by SSM Health St. Mary’s Hospital- St. Louis (12.2022)

• ILPQC PREM Survey English Link  
  • PREM information for hosptial teams
  • QR Code for teams to post within L&D rooms
• ILPQC PREM Survey Spanish Link 
  • QR Code for teams to post within L&D rooms

c. Respectful Care Resources

Resources for Active Listening

• AWHONN SBAR for Equitable Patient Care
• CDC Hear Her Campaign

Resources for Shared Decision Making

• Ariadne Labs TeamBirth Labor and Delivery Planning Board
• Ariadne Labs Labor Support Discussion Tool
• Birth Place Lab Person-Centered Decision Making Tool
  • Person-Centered Decision Making Key Elements
• CMQCC SHARE Model
• AHRQ SHARE Approach: For providers and patients
• Sparrow Health Labor Partnership Agreement: Booklet and Form
• ACNM Am I in Labor?
• My Birth Matters
• Lamaze Keep Calm and Labor On

Other Respectful Care Resources

• FREE ACOG Respectful Care eModules
• FREE AWHONN Respectful Maternity Care Toolkit – contact info@ilpqc.org for access
• Doula Engagement Strategies
  • CMQCC Webinar: Integrating Midwives, Doulas, and Community-based Birth Care
  • CMQCC Toolkit to support vaginal birth and reduce primary cesareans, INDEX pp 80-107

a. Involving patients and/or community members to provide input or engage with QI work

• ILPQC 30-60-90 Day Plan Template to Engage Patient Partners (NEW 2/8/2024)
• ILPQC Steps to Engaging Patient Partners Guide
• ILPQC Doula Flyer
• ILPQC Patient Family Engagement Guide
• ILPQC Patient Advisor Toolkit and Webinar Series
• Health Research & Educational Trust, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, and American Hospital Association: Guide to help build community partnerships – A Playbook for Fostering Hospital Community Partnerships
• ILPQC partnerships with Everthrive IL and LaToshia Rouse (patient advisor consultant) – Additional support to engage patients and/or community members to provide input on QI efforts will be available through ILPQC partnerships with Everthrive IL and LaToshia Rouse. These patient and community member engagement experts will facilitate conversations on patient and/or community member engagement through regional meetings in collaboration with the regional perinatal system, statewide teams webinars addressing common opportunities and strategies, and other consultation. This work will build on any already existing efforts to engage community at the hospital level.

b. Respectful Care Breakfast Strategy

• Respectful Care Breakfast Planning Guide 
• NEW: Respectful Care Breakfast Planning Flyer (5/1/2023)

a. Standardizing early postpartum follow up visit to two-weeks  

• I-PROMOTE-IL Postpartum Medicaid Expansion Flyer

• Illinois All Medical Assistance Program Providers – Re: Reimbursement for Second Postpartum Visit per Public Act 102-0665

• ACOG Committee Opinion 736: Optimizing Postpartum Care

• AIM Postpartum Discharge Transition Bundle Resources
• AIM Urgent Maternal Warning Signs (NEW 1/8/2024)

• March of Dimes Benefits of Healthy Pregnancy Spacing (patient handout) English and Spanish

• ILPQC Benefits of Early Postpartum Care (patient handout)
• Improving Postpartum Access to Care (IPAC) Factsheet
• ILPQC Early Postpartum Visit Maternal Health Safety Checklist

b. Improving communication with patients and healthcare providers by providing postpartum safety patient education materials and support for early postpartum follow up

• NEW Early Postpartum Visit & Postpartum Warning Signs Flyer 8.31.2023
• NEW Postpartum Warning Signs Flyer 8.31.2023
• AWHONN POST-BIRTH Warning Signs 
  1. Save Your Life Handout – English (PDF)
  2. Save Your Life – Spanish (PDF)
  3. Save Your Life – Arabic (PDF)
  4. Save Your Life – Mandarin Chinese (PDF)
  5. Save Your Life – Haitian Creole (PDF)
• Council on Patient Safety Urgent Maternal Warning Signs English and Spanish
• CDC Hear Her Maternal Warning Signs: Translated to 17 languages below:
  • English
  • Spanish
  • Arabic
  • Bengali
  • Chinese- Simplified
  • Chinese- Traditional
  • French
  • German
  • Haitian- Creole
  • Korean
  • Portuguese
  • Russian
  • Nepali
  • Swahili
  • Somali
  • Tagalog
  • Vietnamese
• CDC Hear Her Patient Conversation Guide
  • Available in poster 
  • Conversation Guide Palm Cards Translated to 17 languages below:  

    • English

    • Spanish

    • Arabic

    • Bengali

    • French

    • German

    • Haitian Creole

    • Korean

    • Nepali

    • Portugese (Brazilian)

    • Russian

    • Simplified Chinese

    • Somali

    • Swahili

    • Tagalog

    • Traditional Chinese

    • Vietnamese

a. Addressing implicit bias to educate and engage providers, nurses, and staff

1. E-modules on implicit bias and respectful care:
   • Implicit Bias and Respectful Care Training Resource Table
   • Diversity Science Dignity in Childbirth and Pregnancy
     • Diversity Science Information Sheet
   • Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services (CLAS) in Maternal Health Care e-module
     • Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services (CLAS) in Maternal Health Care Information Sheet

b. Grand Rounds Slide Set (available for grand rounds, OB providers meeting, Townhalls and other small group presentations and discussions)

• Grand Rounds Slide Set and Speakers Bureau (coming soon)

c. Using National Guidance to Address Provider Buy-in

1. ACOG/SMFM Committee Opinions/Statements
   • ACOG Committee Opinion #729: Importance of Social Determinants of Health and Cultural Awareness in the Delivery of Reproductive Health Care – Table 1 Sample Screening Tool for Social Determinants of Health
   • ACOG Committee Opinion #825: Care for Patients Who Have Experienced Trauma
   • ACOG Statement: Our Commitment to Changing the Culture of Medicine and Eliminating Racial Disparities in Women’s Health Outcomes
   • SMFM: Strategies To Overcome Racism’s Impact on Pregnancy Outcomes
   • SMFM Position Statement: Racial Disparities in Health Outcomes
   • ACOG/SMFM et al. JOINT STATEMENT – Obstetrics and Gynecology: Collective Action Addressing Racism

d. Facilitating Feedback and Discussion:

• (In)equity Inbox – Example of a strategy to provide opportunity for anonymous feedback of workplace and patient interactions to improve equity (example from Massachusetts General Hospital OB Department)

e. Other Resources:

1. Institute for Perinatal Quality Collaborative SPEAK UP Training – ILPQC will sponsor one QI team member per hospital to attend ILPQC hosted SPEAK UP train the trainer session
   • SPEAK UP – Anti-Racism Pledge

1. CDC Hear Her Messaging Campaign: Provider Resources
   • CDC: Hear Her Information Sheet
   • Wanda Barfield Director, CDC’s Division of Reproduction Health – Hear Her Campaign, Call to Action for Providers Video
   • Hear Her Personal Stories of Pregnancy-Related Complications
2. Harvard Project Implicit Association Test- Implicit bias self-assessment for providers, nurses and staff
3. Resource for providers to review and share with patients to promote understanding and communication – Protecting your birth: a guide for black mothers. New York Times, 2020. (Also, includes guidance for healthcare providers)
4. New England Journal of Medicine: Standing Up against Gender Bias and Harassment— A Matter of Professional Ethics (Mello & Jagsi, April 2020)

f. Addressing diversity within health care hiring

• ILPQC: Summary of Strategies to Promote Diversity in Healthcare Hiring and Learner Candidate Selection
• SMFM Official Position Statement: Diversity and Inclusion in Leadership (Jan. 2017)
• The Chronicle of Higher Education: The Case for Cluster Hiring to Diversify Your Faculty
• Duke University: Inclusive Recruiting Checklist
• AAMC Informational Video: Addressing Implicit Bias in Virtual Interviews
• Academic Medicine: Implicit Racial Bias in Medical School Admissions