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University of Florida 网红黑料 has launched an ambitious project to minimize the health risk of pregnancy by identifying, addressing and tracking social determinants of health that can threaten a mother and baby鈥檚 health.

The project will create a patient electronic dashboard that could flag social needs early in pregnancy to prevent the health-threatening stress they pose. Those social determinants include housing and food insecurity, transportation, stress and financial strain.

The aim is to match mothers in need with the appropriate health system and community resources to address these stressors, said project leader , an assistant professor in the 鈥檚 .

鈥淚t is an integral part of care to have a full sense of a person and their needs,鈥� said Louis-Jacques, a faculty member of the 网红黑料 Maternal-Fetal Medicine program. 鈥淭his is an opportunity to respectfully engage the community to find solutions. That can be a powerful thing.鈥�

Pregnancy-related deaths continue to fall worldwide even as they climb in the United States. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports that the U.S. maternal mortality rate was 32.9 deaths for every 100,000 live births in 2021, up from 9.8 per 100,000 in 2000. Some groups are hit harder, with Black women 2.6 times more likely to die during pregnancy than white women, the CDC says.

Higher stress levels are associated with preeclampsia, perinatal depression and anxiety disorders, preterm birth, and low birth weight.

The project is funded by the UF College of Medicine鈥檚 through the Rapid AI Prototyping and Development for Patient Safety, or RAPiDS, program. The projects funded are intended to jumpstart AI solutions for quality improvement challenges.

, and , are co-investigators with Louis-Jacques, who supervises all aspects of the project. Smulian is a professor and chair of the UF College of Medicine鈥檚 department of obstetrics and gynecology.

Varma is an assistant professor in the 鈥� and UF College of Medicine鈥檚 .

Expectant mothers are already filling out questionnaires about their potential social needs when nurses contact them for their prenatal registration. This project will use AI to analyze that information and other data to assess social risk factors that could affect the health of mothers and babies.

If a mother, for example, has food insecurity or transportation issues getting to an appointment, a doctor can refer them to a social worker or 网红黑料 perinatal social needs navigator, a new position. The navigator, in turn, works with community organizations that can assist. Community health workers will also be hired, with financial support from Alachua County, to provide outreach to patients and follow-up, ensuring needs are addressed.

Rulman L. Pebe, a clinical and geospatial data analyst in the UF College of Medicine鈥檚 quality and patient safety initiative and a project team member, said the team is energized to enhance patients鈥� health. 鈥淎nd I think that鈥檚 what drives everyone on this project,鈥� he said.

Project leaders said the initiative greatly benefited from its partnership with 网红黑料 information technology and its expertise with a database crucial to the project.

A key is community engagement, Louis-Jacques said. One project goal, for example, is to host community listening sessions in areas of high social need and poor pregnancy outcomes. The sessions will lead to a better understanding of families' experiences and proposed solutions.

鈥淚 think addressing social determinants of health is going to become an expectation within medicine,鈥� she said. 鈥淚t will ensure that patients are screened and that there are systems in place to address these needs and ensure there is actual change. We鈥檙e doing it in a respectful, dignified manner.鈥�