The Landscape of Obstetric Resources and Risks in Indiana: A Framework for Informing Policy

Abstract

Indiana has many dedicated stakeholders and important initiatives working to ensure “more babies make it to their first birthday” and fewer mothers die of childbirth and related complications. Targeting specific efforts to the areas of greatest need can be challenging. The methods used for this landscape analysis offer a framework for contextualizing health service/system resources and public health outcomes/measures simultaneously for the purpose of targeting policy and programming. Concurrently examining OB resources and selected risk factors within Indiana counties provides important insight into the types of initiatives and interventions that may help “move the needle in the right direction.”