ThrivingPA Releases Maternal Health Fact Sheets
ThrivingPA is out with an extensive series of new maternal health fact sheets to ensure that mothers and birthing parents are healthy and that their children have the best starts possible.
These first-ever maternal health county fact sheets show each county’s overall perinatal vulnerability index (PVI), based upon data culled across five domains: Behavioral health, environmental context, health care availability, pregnancy and birth outcomes, and social stratification. The fact sheets also highlight data about prenatal care and the percentage of low birth weight births.
Summary of Findings
Pennsylvania Maternal Health Fact Sheet
Total Births in 2020: 130,730
Moderate Access to Care: 13 counties
Maternity Care Deserts: 6 counties
Black babies had the lowest birth weight ratio out of any other race
Fact sheets for Trying Together’s 10-county footprint are as follows:
Thriving PA Efforts
Thriving PA supports building a comprehensive and coordinated system of care and support for Pennsylvania moms and birthing people by:
Establishing a perinatal psychiatric access pilot program.
Ensuring every birthing person has access to coverage during pregnancy by
advocating for CHIP coverage for pregnant immigrants and their babies.Collaborating with DHS to expand and ensure the sustainability of the Managed Care
Home Visiting initiative.Monitoring progress toward Medicaid reimbursement for Doula services.
Supporting campaigns advocating for universal paid leave in PA and a state-earned Income Tax Credit.