Cares Awards 2010: Centering Healthcare Institute "CenteringPregnancy Group Prenatal Care" program

Since 2001, Centering Healthcare Institute (www.centeringhealthcare.org) has had the mission "to change the paradigm of health services to a group care model in order to improve the overall health outcomes of mothers and babies across the life cycle. CHI's executive director, Sharon Rising, developed CenteringPregnancy® to bring women out of the exam room into a group setting where they receive basic prenatal checkups, build community with other women, and gain knowledge and skills in pregnancy, childbirth and parenting. Overall, women in this group care experience a 33 percent lower rate of preterm birth, demonstrating a dramatic impact on health outcomes.

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