Community for Antepartum Patients (CAP): Establishing an Inpatient Model for Group Prenatal Care at Duke (2021-2022)

In the U.S., about 10 percent of pregnancies result in preterm deliveries; rates are 48 percent higher among Black women. Group prenatal care models such as CenteringPregnancy© have contributed to improved pregnancy outcomes and have been shown to reduce racial disparities in preterm births.

The goal of this project team was to adapt a group prenatal care model to the inpatient setting. Expanding on the 2019-2020 pilot study performed at Duke, this team served over 15 patients since October 2021, engaging them in weekly sessions on prenatal topics including lactation, NICU preparedness and stress management. Team members found that while virtual implementation of the group care model was logistically challenging, it ultimately resulted in patient-reported satisfaction around information delivery, group activities and community building.

Learn more about this project team by viewing the team's video.

Timing

Summer 2021 – Summer 2022

Team Outputs

Creating Spaces of Support for Those Experiencing High-Risk Pregnancy (2022 Fortin Foundation Bass Connections Virtual Showcase)

Community for Antepartum Patients (CAP): Establishing an Inpatient Model for Group Prenatal Care at Duke (poster by Isabella Coogan, Natalie Gulrajani, Saisahana Subburaj, Keri Tomechko, Julia Moyett, Khaila Ramey-Collier, Linda Zambrano Guevara and Sarah Dotters-Katz, presented at Fortin Foundation Bass Connections Showcase, Duke University, April 13, 2022)

This Team in the News

Collaborative Team Awarded Bass Connections Grant for Centering Project

See related team, Centering Pregnancy: Establishing an Inpatient Model at Duke (2022-2023).

 

Image: Donna Tuccero, MD, demonstrates an infant exam during a CenteringPregnancy® prenatal care session for expectant moms and those that have recently delivered in the Duke Family Medicine Center at Pickens Clinic, by Jared Lazarus/Duke University

Donna Tuccero, MD, demonstrates an infant exam during a CenteringPregnancy® prenatal care session.

Team Leaders

  • Sarah Dotters-Katz, School of Medicine-Obstetrics and Gynecology: Maternal Fetal Medicine
  • Namita Kansal, School of Medicine–MD Student
  • Amy MacDonald, School of Medicine-Obstetrics and Gynecology
  • Julia Moyett, School of Medicine–MD Student
  • Khaila Ramey-Collier, School of Medicine–MD Student
  • Linda Zambrano Guevara, School of Medicine–MD Student

/graduate Team Members

  • Alice Darling, Medicine MD Fourth Year

/undergraduate Team Members

  • Isabella Coogan, Biology (BS)
  • Natalie Gulrajani, Economics (BS)
  • Saisahana Subburaj, Program II (AB)
  • Keri Tomechko, Program II (BS)

/yfaculty/staff Team Members

  • Kateena Addae-Konadu, School of Medicine-Obstetrics and Gynecology
  • Amanda Craig, School of Medicine-Obstetrics and Gynecology
  • Sarahn Wheeler, School of Medicine-Obstetrics and Gynecology: Maternal Fetal Medicine