Our work
The work of the Partnership is centered on the goal of improving health outcomes for pregnant women and their babies in West Virginia.
The essential source of information upon which the initiatives of the Partnership are based is obtained from the Key Informant Survey. The first Key Informant Survey was conducted in 2006 to gain input from medical, nursing and other individuals serving pregnant women and their babies in both rural and urban areas about their opinions regarding why West Virginia has one of the highest rates of infant mortality and low birth weight babies in the nation.
Learn MoreLatest news
WVPP Seeking Dynamic Individual to Join our Substance Use in Pregnancy Team!
December 18, 2020COVID-19 in Newborn Care: Initial Lessons from the Pandemic
May 26, 2020Neurodevelopmental Outcomes of Neonates Randomized to Morphine or Methadone for Treatment of Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome
May 5, 2020Free Livestream Educational Webinar on Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome
May 1, 2020Upcoming events
Webinar: COVID-19 Vaccination for People who are Pregnant or Breastfeeding
October 29 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
CURRENT NEWS & EVENTS
Treatment Services for Pregnant Women with Substance Use Disorders
The West Virginia Perinatal Partnership releases a new interactive map to identify where pregnancy-friendly behavioral health programs are located in West Virginia.
Improving Care for Newborns with Substance Exposure and Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome (NAS)
The West Virginia Perinatal Partnership seeks to provide a better understanding of the extent and cost of the problem of perinatal substance use and to help implement effective interventions to reduce the impact. With funding from the Claude W. Benedum Foundation, and in collaboration with the Department of Health and Human Resources and many other state partners, the Perinatal Partnership is implementing a Quality Improvement initiative aimed at improving the identification, diagnosis and treatment of substance exposed infants in West Virginia.
Improving the identification of Substance Exposed Infants in WV is presented by Sean Loudin, MD of Cabell Huntington Hospital, Stefan Maxwell, MD of CAMC’s Women and Children’s Hospital, and Collin John, MD of Ruby Memorial, West Virginia University.
Past Webinars
(5/20/20) Help2Quit: Smoking Cessation in the OBGYN Practice
(7/14/20) “Reducing Stigma in Pregnant and Parenting Women with Substance Use Disorder”
(9/22/20) MOMs Webinar Series #1 SBIRT for Us—What it is, How and Why to Use
(2/12/21) The 4th Trimester: Inequity in Understanding, Reaching, and Supporting Maternal Health(3
(3/2/21) Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome: The Eat, Sleep, Console Approach
(3/11/21) Count the Kicks Webinar
(3/26/21) Project WATCH/Birth Score Update on Intrauterine Substance Exposure and NAS
West Virginia Perinatal Partnership’s Initiatives
Maternity Care
AIM Patient Safety Bundles
Teen and Unplanned Pregnancies
Maternal Risk Screening
Maternity Care Providers Shortage
Substance Use During Pregnancy
Transport
Baby Care
First Baby Initiative
Hospital Guidelines and Levels of Care
Levels of Care Self Assessment Results
Breastfeeding
Child Development Screening
Health Care
In-Home Visiting
Oral Health Care
Quality Care with Cost Containment
Long Acting Reversible Contraceptives
WVPP Education
Staff Education
Summits
2019 Summit
2018 Summit
2017 Summit
2016 Summit
2015 Summit