The BHIRC and DR Schwebach collaborated with DR. Cathy Fulton and the Indiana Primary Care Association to submit a grant application for the CTSI Trailblazer program. This program is designed to provide startup money to begin a new stream of research. The research involves an assessment of prenatal care provided to underserved populations in Indiana through Federally Qualified Health Centers. This is framed by the recent COVID-19 pandemic as the study will look at care both before and during the pandemic. There are three goals for the research:
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- Understand the ways in which prenatal care was provided to these mothers and which practices are most successful in providing better outcomes
- Evaluate the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the prenatal care provided and the subsequent outcomes
- Develop suggestions for the optimal ways to provide care during health emergencies and in subsequent non-emergency times.