San Diego County Perinatal Equity Initiative

About the Program

Category: Health (Best in Category)

Year: 2021

The San Diego County Perinatal Equity Initiative (PEI) is a collective impact project to raise awareness of poor birth outcomes and inequities among African Americans, and to address the role of bias and racism - particularly in health care settings - in contributing to these birth outcomes. This initiative will be:• Focused on improving birth and maternal health outcomes for African-American families by changing the systems that contribute to social injustices, economic disparities, and racial and health inequities. • Developed as a strong foundation by creating a diverse community advisory board and developing the Black Legacy Now media campaign. • Implemented with a Fatherhood Initiative for soon-to-be fathers and fathers with an infant up to 1 year of age, as well as implicit bias training for medical providers to improve services for African-American pregnant and parenting women.