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Decrease infant mortality through offering education programs and access to prenatal care

Performance Measure Baseline Data

6.5 per 1000 (Source: OPHAT)

Third Year Data

4.9 per 1000

Target Data

6.4 per 1000

Partners

Klamath County Public Health: Offers the Babies First and Care Coordination (CaCoon) programs.

Cascade Health Alliance: Provides "Your Pregnancy Week-by-Week" for new mothers and offers incentivized maternal education programs.

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Decrease incidence of Low Birth Weight through nutrition, education, smoking cessation, and managed oral hygiene

Performance Measure Baseline Data

8% Low birthweight (Source: County Health Rankings)

19% of mothers smoked while pregnant (Source: OPHAT)

80.8% of mothers received prenatal care (Source: OPHAT)

Second Year Data

8.3% Low birthweight (Source: County Health Rankings)

19.4% of mothers smoked while pregnant (Source: OPHAT)

77.3% of mothers received prenatal care (Source: OPHAT)

Target Data

8% Low birthweight

19% of mothers smoked while pregnant

80.8% of mothers receive prenatal care

Partners

Klamath County Public Health: Offers the Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) program, which includes supplemental food vouchers and classes on healthy choices during pregnancy. Klamath County Public Health has also partnered with OHSU and OIT on a low birth weight study and a smoking cessation project.

 

Cascade Health Alliance: Provides "Your Pregnancy Week-by-Week" for new mothers and offers maternal programs that incentivize prenatal care, dental screenings, and educational classes. Cascade Health Alliance also offers one-on-one tobacco cessation counseling for pregnant smokers.

 

Klamath Open Door: Offers prenatal care to patients.

 

Sky Lakes Medical Center: Offers prenatal care to patients.

 

Freedom From Smoking Partnership: A partnership between Sky Lakes Medical Center, Klamath Open Door, Cascade Health Alliance, and Klamath Basin Behavioral Health that offers smoking cessation group classes. Klamath Open Door, Cascade Health Alliance, and Klamath Basin Behavioral Health offer one-on-one cessation counseling for pregnant smokers.

 

Klamath Tribal Health & Family Services: Provides Maternal Child Health program.