# Implementing a Maternal health and PRegnancy Outcomes Vision for Everyone (IMPROVE)

> **NIH NIH UL1** · EMORY UNIVERSITY · 2020 · $177,500

## Abstract

In Georgia, black women account for 60% of pregnancy-related deaths and are 3.3
times more likely to die than non-Hispanic Whites.
The Georgia Clinical and Translational Science Alliance (Georgia CTSA) through this
administrative supplement, will establish a foundation for the Implementing a Maternal
health and PRegnancy Outcomes Vision for Everyone (IMPROVE), across the state of
Georgia. Georgia-IMPROVE will establish a community focused multidisciplinary
perinatal care research and intervention network (PCRIN) to inform priorities on
preventable maternal mortality (MM), severe maternal morbidity (SMM), and to promote
health equity.
The overall goals of Georgia IMPROVE are to 1) incorporate strategic community
partnerships and participation to address health disparities in maternal health; and 2)
establish a foundation to expand research on the leading causes of MM and pregnancy
related morbidity, with a focus on patient centered evidence-based prevention.
This project aligns with and is in the scope of Georgia CTSA Community engagement,
Integrating special populations and Informatics programs, and will establish a foundation
for a Perinatal Care Research and Intervention Network (PCRIN) that will inform future
research, with data on sociocultural and behavioral determinants of MM/SMM.
The specific aims are to: 1) Develop a multi stakeholder, community-based Perinatal
Care Research and Intervention Network (PCRIN) of women, healthcare providers and
health systems, to identify barriers to, and develop stakeholder-informed solutions for
optimal maternal health equity.
2) Conduct a Pilot feasibility study of patient-centered perinatal care coordination, using
remote monitoring, to support care transition from perinatal through 42 days postpartum.
These findings will support future research that will prioritize the needs of women and
their families, as well as inform culturally congruent approaches in care transitions.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10200504
- **Project number:** 3UL1TR002378-04S4
- **Recipient organization:** EMORY UNIVERSITY
- **Principal Investigator:** Andres J Garcia
- **Activity code:** UL1 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $177,500
- **Award type:** 3
- **Project period:** 2017-09-22 → 2022-06-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10200504

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10200504, Implementing a Maternal health and PRegnancy Outcomes Vision for Everyone (IMPROVE) (3UL1TR002378-04S4). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-25 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10200504. Licensed CC0.

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