Our work
The work of the Partnership is centered on the goal of improving health outcomes for pregnant women and their babies in West Virginia.
The essential source of information upon which the initiatives of the Partnership are based is obtained from the Key Informant Survey. The first Key Informant Survey was conducted in 2006 to gain input from medical, nursing and other individuals serving pregnant women and their babies in both rural and urban areas about their opinions regarding why West Virginia has one of the highest rates of infant mortality and low birth weight babies in the nation.
Learn MoreLatest news
World Doula Week – WSAZ Interview with WV RMOMS Project Director Shauna Lively
March 21, 2023Substance Use and Domestic Violence ECHO Training Series
March 15, 2023Weave West Virginia – Innovative West Virginia Partnership Launches Project to Improve Outcomes for Individuals Experiencing Intimate Partner Violence and Substance Use Disorder
March 13, 2023Research Further Proves Effectiveness of Count the Kicks
February 22, 2023Upcoming events
Lamaze Evidence-Based Labor Support – Lewisburg
June 1 @ 8:30 am - 4:30 pmSpinning Babies Workshop
June 7 @ 9:00 am - 5:00 pmSpinning Babies Workshop
June 8 @ 9:00 am - 5:00 pmOutpatient Breastfeeding Champion℠ Webinar
June 14 @ 8:15 am - 5:00 pmOutpatient Breastfeeding Champion℠ Webinar
June 21 @ 8:15 am - 5:00 pm
CURRENT NEWS & EVENTS
Treatment Services for Pregnant Women with Substance Use Disorders
The West Virginia Perinatal Partnership releases a new interactive map to identify where pregnancy-friendly behavioral health programs are located in West Virginia.
Improving Care for Newborns with Substance Exposure and Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome (NAS)
The West Virginia Perinatal Partnership seeks to provide a better understanding of the extent and cost of the problem of perinatal substance use and to help implement effective interventions to reduce the impact. With funding from the Claude W. Benedum Foundation, and in collaboration with the Department of Health and Human Resources and many other state partners, the Perinatal Partnership is implementing a Quality Improvement initiative aimed at improving the identification, diagnosis and treatment of substance exposed infants in West Virginia.
Improving the identification of Substance Exposed Infants in WV is presented by Sean Loudin, MD of Cabell Huntington Hospital, Stefan Maxwell, MD of CAMC’s Women and Children’s Hospital, and Collin John, MD of Ruby Memorial, West Virginia University.
Past Webinars
(5/20/20) Help2Quit: Smoking Cessation in the OBGYN Practice
(7/14/20) “Reducing Stigma in Pregnant and Parenting Women with Substance Use Disorder”
(9/22/20) MOMs Webinar Series #1 SBIRT for Us—What it is, How and Why to Use
(2/12/21) The 4th Trimester: Inequity in Understanding, Reaching, and Supporting Maternal Health(3
(3/2/21) Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome: The Eat, Sleep, Console Approach
(3/11/21) Count the Kicks Webinar
(3/26/21) Project WATCH/Birth Score Update on Intrauterine Substance Exposure and NAS
West Virginia Perinatal Partnership’s Initiatives
Maternity Care
AIM Patient Safety Bundles
Teen and Unplanned Pregnancies
Maternal Risk Screening
Maternity Care Providers Shortage
Substance Use During Pregnancy
Transport