Confronting the Crisis: Actions to Address Maternal Morbidity and Mortality Among Black Women in Rural Georgia

The figure depicts a conceptual framework that illustrates multilevel strategies to address the maternal health crisis in rural Georgia, organized across 3 tiers: federal, state, and community-based. At the federal level, proposed solutions include the integration of mental health services into maternal health care systems and the implementation of guaranteed paid parental leave policies. At the state level, recommended strategies focus on expanding access to telehealth services, improving transportation infrastructure to enhance health care access, and extending and expanding Medicaid coverage for maternal health services. At the community-based organization level, interventions include increasing access to midwives and doulas to provide culturally competent care and expanding the availability of community health workers to support maternal health before, during, and after pregnancy.

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