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Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services CHIPRA Quality Demonstration Grant Perinatal Education Toolkit Content and Uses Tools For Patients Health Education and Social Marketing Materials
Description
Format
Suggested Use
Directed at women of childbearing age, all of these materials include an image and a clear message on preconception, prenatal, postpartum, and interconception health topics.
Electronic and print-ready. All materials can be reproduced on business cards, flyers, billboards, and posters. The organization’s logo can be easily added to each item.
Prenatal and Postpartum Checklist Brochures
These brochures are intended to educate women about the importance of prenatal and postpartum care, what to expect at visits, and includes questions women can ask their providers. These materials are intended to educate women about how to sign up for the free text4baby mobile health information service.
Electronic with the ability to add the organization’s logo and print.
Display/distribute posters, brochures, and flyers in waiting rooms, exam rooms, and private consulting areas. Print educational handouts to reinforce education provided. Display on billboards, bus ads, or giveaways to raise awareness throughout the community. Use to reinforce one-on-one education and patient engagement in care. Display/distribute in waiting areas.
Electronic and print-ready.
Use to supplement one-on-one education and educational materials provided. Display/distribute in waiting areas, exam rooms, and private consulting areas. Distribute brochures during prenatal visits.
Proposed strategies for consideration by providers who have contact with women at various points during the perinatal period, including prenatal providers (obstetricians, family physicians, APNs), hospital labor and delivery units, and pediatricians. The strategies are intended to increase the number of women who receive postpartum services. The HFS Provider Notice dated September 29, 2015 shares best practices for perinatal care transitions.
Electronic.
Implement one or more of the strategies by incorporating into the work flow and adopting as policy. Use the proposed strategies as a springboard to explore other ways to increase the number of women who receive postpartum services.
Paper or electronic.
This is a comprehensive electronic guide of resources on preconception, prenatal, postpartum and interconception health topics for use by medical and social service providers for educating women of childbearing age on perinatal and well-woman topics. Educational topics align with those on the Prenatal Care Quality Tool (below). This is a compilation of minimum prenatal care services based on ACOG and IAFP guidelines. The information is organized by visit/trimester and includes clinical services, labs, education, and referrals. This tool crosswalks ACOG guidance for high-risk referrals with the Illinois Perinatal Code.
Electronic access to fact sheets, health information, and websites that provide easy click and print capability.
Use the best practices checklist to assess performance and identify gaps. Incorporate applicable best practices into the workflow and adopt as policy. Use the Quick Reference tool to assist in identifying the patient’s PCP Use for one-on-one patient education. Use to supplement and reinforce one-onone education. Recommend and provide websites for patient self-education.
text4baby Brochure and Poster
For Providers Postpartum Transition Strategies
Postpartum Visit and Perinatal Care Transitions
Health Education Resources Matrix
Prenatal Care Quality Tool
High-Risk Referral Crosswalk
Paper checklist or integration in an electronic health record.
Use the tool in either format to assure recommended prenatal care services are provided to women at the appropriate times.
Paper or electronic.
Use as a reference guide for assuring that high-risk women are appropriately referred for consultation or higher level care.
