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Innovations for Maternal and PerinataL Care ImprovemenT

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Innovations for Maternal and PerinataL Care ImprovemenT

Innovative care
to improve birth outcomes
and support families to thrive

The IMPLICIT Network develops, implements, evaluates, and optimizes new and existing models of care focused on improving birth outcomes and the health of mothers/birthing people, infants, and families.

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Care Models

Interconception Care (ICC)

This model focuses on screening mothers/birthing people for smoking, depression, family planning, and multivitamin with folic acid intake during baby’s well child visits 0-24 months.

4th Trimester (4TM)

This model aims to improve the health of families by redefining postpartum care for mothers/birthing people by assessing of conditions and risks in the prenatal and intrapartum period.

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In recognition of Bebe Moore Campbell National Min In recognition of Bebe Moore Campbell National Minority Mental Health Awareness Month, we're highlighting the importance of supporting maternal mental health. The IMPLICIT Network integrates depression screening into routine pediatric visits, helping identify concerns early and connect mother/birthing people with the care and support they need to thrive. 

#MaternalMentalHealth #MentalHealthAwareness #HealthEquity #IMPLICITNetwork
Offering professional development opportunities, s Offering professional development opportunities, such as participation in research, is a cornerstone of the IMPLICIT Network’s commitment to advancing the careers of current and future physicians.

We will be highlighting students and residents who have partnered with the Network to conduct research projects utilizing IMPLICIT data. 

Today we are highlighting Alex Mellinger! Alex is a current medical student at the Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine (LECOM). He will be conducting a project focused on the effects of cumulative biomedical risk factors on a hypertensive disorder of pregnancy.

#IMPLICITNetwork #4thTrimester
Check out this recent article citing the IMPLICIT Check out this recent article citing the IMPLICIT Network as a collaborative that has developed and supported the implementation of the fourth trimester care model at 12 family medicine practices in Pennsylvania and New York. 

Click the link in our bio to read more!

#IMPLICITNetwork #FourthTrimester
Meet our Leadership Council - today we're highligh Meet our Leadership Council - today we're highlighting Dr. Narges Farahi!

Dr. Narges Farahi is a family medicine physician and longtime champion for person-centered and family-centered care. Dr. Farahi is a Professor at UNC, where she served as the Director of the Family Medicine Perinatal and Child Health Program for ten years. Her heart is in community health, and her outpatient practice is at Prospect Hill Community Health Center, a rural federally qualified health center. Prior to her current role, Dr. Farahi served as the medical director of the NC Farmworker Health Program. Her clinical interests include providing seamless care for people with the capacity for pregnancy across the continuum of care, including before, between and after pregnancies. Dr. Farahi is committed to providing trauma-informed care, supporting people and families to meet their reproductive goals, and using quality improvement strategies to help health care practices and systems better meet the needs of patients and families. She has been a leader in implementing enhanced access to comprehensive contraception options and the IMPLICIT interconception care model in the primary care setting. Dr. Farahi works to integrate community engagement and implementation science to transform care with a focus on patients with hypertensive disorders of pregnancy and polycystic ovary syndrome. Her goal is to center the voices of patients and families from marginalized communities and build partnerships with patients and communities to improve health.

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