Maternal health care is foundational to healthy children, healthy families, and healthy communities across Wisconsin. Despite ranking high in industrialized nations, maternal mortality and morbidity rates have steadily increased in the US over the past 20 years. This while other developed countries are experiencing a decrease (Wisconsin Maternal Mortality Review Fall 2023) -- as a nation and as a state we must do better. Elevating conversations revealing the data, bringing together individuals working to solve the problem and listening to mothers and their families must be coupled with tools to address the problem at the influential level. This toolkit is an attempt to provide resources to expand access to information that will help address the issue with the hope of reducing maternal morbidity and mortality rates in Wisconsin.

The Objective

The purpose of this toolkit is to provide resources and guidance to healthcare professionals, empowering them to deliver optimal care and support to all expectant mothers, ultimately enhancing maternal well-being and reducing maternal morbidity and mortality rates.

Intended Audience

Healthcare professionals, support service staff, policymakers and anyone concerned about remediating maternal morbidity and mortality rates.
Obstetrician, nurses, pediatrician, midwives, doula, prenatal care individuals, community health workers, case workers, perinatologists and maternal fetal medicine doctors.