Case Study: Providing Community Access to Prenatal Care for Teens
You (choose your profession) are the head of the Maternal, Infant, and Reproductive Health program in a city with a high rate of adolescent pregnancy. Many teenagers do not receive prenatal care until late in their pregnancies. You are working with community-based organizations that serve teens to develop some strategies to increase access to comprehensive prenatal care.
Discussion Questions
- Identify the community-based organizations that you would be working with to provide comprehensive prenatal care, if this program were in your city.
- What is a common goal (in terms of a population health program for pregnant teenagers) that the group might work toward?
- What barriers to open communication and coalition-building (working collaboratively) might exist between these groups (i.e., religious, social, political)?
- How might these barriers be eliminated?
- How would you present or frame your invitation to potential group members to respectfully ensure common understanding of the need to provide early access to prenatal care for pregnant teenagers?
Case Study: Providing Community Access to Prenatal Care for Teens
You (choose your profession) are the head of the Maternal, Infant, and Reproductive Health program in a city with a high rate of adolescent pregnancy. Many teenagers do not receive prenatal care until late in their pregnancies. You are working with community-based organizations that serve teens to develop some strategies to increase access to comprehensive prenatal care.
Discussion Questions
- Identify the community-based organizations that you would be working with to provide comprehensive prenatal care, if this program were in your city.
- What is a common goal (in terms of a population health program for pregnant teenagers) that the group might work toward?
- What barriers to open communication and coalition-building (working collaboratively) might exist between these groups (i.e., religious, social, political)?
- How might these barriers be eliminated?
- How would you present or frame your invitation to potential group members to respectfully ensure common understanding of the need to provide early access to prenatal care for pregnant teenagers?