OUR WORK IN ACTION: BETTER STARTS FOR ALL CASE STUDY 2022

OUR WORK IN ACTION: BETTER STARTS FOR ALL CASE STUDY 2022

An evaluation of two evidence-based women’s healthcare interventions being piloted in maternity care deserts in Washington D.C. and southeast Ohio.

In 2020, March of Dimes and Reckitt began piloting two types of maternal care interventions to increase access to healthcare and improve outcomes in maternity care deserts through the Better Starts for All initiative. These evidence-based interventions, Mom & Baby Mobile Health Centers® and Community Health Workers, provide services in ways that are relevant and acceptable to local women. We've seen that women in the pilot regions prefer services from providers that they trust and prefer individual, rather than group services.

During the pilot period, both interventions have seen an impressive number of visits and have already exceed the total program goals for 2023. As of June 2022, 724 women received care through 2,292 visits across both interventions.