About Us

womanThe West Virginia Perinatal Partnership - 2009 is a project of the WV Community Voices, funded by the Claude Worthington Benedum Foundation. Organizations which have actively participated in one or more projects include the following.  

  • American Academy of Family Practice, West Virginia Chapter
  • American College of Nurse Midwives, West Virginia Chapter
  • American Academy of Pediatrics, West Virginia Chapter
  • American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology, West Virginia Section
  • Association of Women's Health, Obstetric, and Neonatal Nurses, West Virginia Section
  • Bureau for Medical Services, West Virginia DHHR
  • Bluefield Regional Medical Center
  • Cabell-Huntington Hospital
  • Charleston Area Medical Center, Women’s and Children’s Hospital
  • Camden Clark Memorial Hospital
  • Charleston Area Medical Center, Health Education and Research Institute
  • City Hospital - WVUH East
  • Davis Memorial Hospital
  • Division of Tobacco Prevention, WV DHHR
  • Fairmont General Hospital
  • Grant Memorial Hospital
  • Greenbrier Valley Medical Center
  • Jefferson Memorial Hospital
  • Logan Regional Medical Center
  • Monongalia General Hospital
  • Ohio Valley Medical Center
  • Pleasant Valley Hospital
  • Preston Memorial Hospital
  • Princeton Community Hospital
  • Raleigh General Hospital
  • Reynolds Memorial Hospital
  • Roane General Hospital
  • St. Josephs Hospital, Buckhannon
  • St. Joseph's Hospital, Parkersburg
  • St. Mary’s Hospital
  • Stonewall Jackson Memorial Hospital
  • Summersville Memorial Hospital
  • Thomas Memorial Hospital
  • March of Dimes, West Virginia Chapter
  • Marshall University Joan C. Edward School of Medicine
  • Marshall University School of Nursing – Graduate Program
  • Office of Epidemiology and Health Promotion – West Virginia DHHR
  • Office of Maternal Child and Family Health WV DHHR
  • Partnership of African American Churches
  • Wellness Council of West Virginia
  • West Virginia Breastfeeding Alliance
  • United Hospital Center
  • Weirton Medical Center
  • Welch Community Hospital
  • West Virginia Center for Budget and Policy
  • West Virginia Children’s Health Insurance Program
  • West Virginia Council of Churches
  • West Virginia Health Care Authority
  • West Virginia Health Improvement Institute (WVHII)
  • West Virginia Healthy Kids and Families Coalition
  • West Virginia Healthy Start/HAPI (Helping Appalachian Parents and Infants) Project
  • West Virginia Higher Education Policy Commission
  • West Virginia Hospital Association
  • West Virginia Kids Count
  • West Virginia Primary Care Association
  • West Virginia Public Employees Insurance Agency
  • West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine
  • West Virginia State Medical Association
  • West Virginia University, Children’s Hospital
  • West Virginia University National Center of Excellence in Women’s Health
  • West Virginia University School of Medicine, Morgantown, Charleston, and Eastern Panhandle Divisions
  • Women Infant and Children (WIC) Food and Nutrition Program – West Virginia DHHR
  • West Virginia University, Institute for Health Policy Research
  • Welch Community Hospital
  • Wheeling Hospital
  • Williamson Memorial Hospital
  • WomenCare Birth Center

Our Committees

The West Virginia Perinatal Health Partnership relies for general direction on a Central Advisory Council and its subcommittees:

  • Guidelines of Care Subcommittee
  • Consultation, Transport, and Referral Subcommittee
  • Telecommunications Subcommittee
  • Universal Screening Tool and Data Subcommittee.

Several working committees are active:

  • Committee on the Shortage of Maternity Care Providers,
  • Committee on the Lack of Oral Health Care in Pregnancy
  • Committee on the Economic Impact of Poor Outcomes
  • Committee on Drug Use During Pregnancy
  • Committee to Encourage the Development of Perinatal Worksite Wellness Programs
  • Committee to Promote and Support Breastfeeding
  • Committee to Reduce Tobacco Exposure During Pregnancy
  • Committee to Study Unplanned Pregnancy and Teen Pregnancy in West Virginia

Our Staff

Nancy Tolliver, Project Director
nancytolliver@wvperinatal.org
(304) 342-8237

Ann Dacey, Nurse Coordinator
anndacey@wvperinatal.org
(304) 293-8891

Shauna Popson, Outreach Education Coordinator
shaunapopson@wvperinatal.org
(304) 473 8223