VW18 - Engaging with Community-Based Organizations for Maternal Mortality Review Committees: A Compensation Pilot
Tuesday, April 16, 2024
12:30 PM – 1:30 PM PT
Maternal Mortality Review Committees (MMRCs) are the best way to understand maternal mortality and prioritize interventions to improve maternal health. As the number of MMRCs in the country rapidly expanded, challenges with considering social and structural determinants of health and effects of racism within cases emerged. State health agency and partner staff expressed the need to further engage community partners as members and collaborators in MMRC transformations. In September 2023 five community-rooted organizations began participation in a compensation model pilot to provide multidisciplinary, community-informed expertise to their state MMRC as compensated, engaged members. This session will discuss the pilot project, experiences, and lessons learned.