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ArticleBJOG : an international journal of obstetrics and gynaecology2025

Advancing Maternal Health Through the EMBRACE Research Center of Excellence: Foundations, Approach and Protocol.

Dara D Méndez, Hyagriv N Simhan, Sade A Tukuru, Stacy Bartlett, Catherine L Haggerty, Ashley Hill, Onome Oghifobibi, Cynthia Salter, Jada Shirriel, Ngozi Tibbs and 4 more

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Dara D MéndezDepartment of Epidemiology, University of Pittsburgh School of Public Health, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.
Hyagriv N SimhanDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Magee-Women's Research Institute & Foundation, Magee-Womens Research Institute204 Craft Avenue, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.
Sade A TukuruDepartment of Epidemiology, University of Pittsburgh School of Public Health, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6725-4791
Stacy BartlettDepartment of Family Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.
Catherine L HaggertyDepartment of Epidemiology, University of Pittsburgh School of Public Health, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.
Ashley HillDivision of Community Health Sciences, University of Illinois Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Onome OghifobibiDivision of Newborn Medicine, Rangos Research Center, Room 6135UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.
Cynthia SalterDepartment of Behavioral and Community Health Sciences, University of Pittsburgh School of Public Health, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.
Jada ShirrielHealthy Start Inc., Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.
Ngozi TibbsJourney Lighter Coaching, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.
Lovie J J FosterDepartment of Epidemiology, University of Pittsburgh School of Public Health, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.
Linda AdodoadjiDepartment of Epidemiology, University of Pittsburgh School of Public Health, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.
Iris Ryn OlsonDepartment of Epidemiology, University of Pittsburgh School of Public Health, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.
Mehret Birru TalabiDivision of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.

Funding

Training and EducationU54HD113030 · NICHD · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI Ashley Hill · 2024 to 2026
$9.5M
NICHD NIH HHS U54 HD113030NIH HHSUniversity of Pittsburgh
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveTo describe the development of the EMBRACE Center, which seeks to advance Black maternal health in Allegheny County through research and capacity building.

designThe EMBRACE Center is a multidisciplinary community-academic research partnership at the University of Pittsburgh. Researchers and community collaborators-many of them Black-led organisations-share power in ways that value diverse forms of knowledge.

settingAllegheny County, Pennsylvania. POPULATION OR SAMPLE: Birthing people in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, and surrounding regions.

methodsThe EMBRACE Center's Research Project seeks to enhance postpartum (4th Trimester) and interconception care that improves pregnancy outcomes and reduces rates of severe maternal morbidity among Black individuals. EMBRACE's community and training components facilitate community partnerships throughout research, implementation, training, and capacity building for reproductive justice and equity. Working groups focus on shared decision-making, communication, and dissemination processes that enhance data collection and sharing with the community. A multi-disciplinary advisory board and a community advisory board provide feedback to the Center.

main outcome measuresResearch outcomes of interest include reducing maternal morbidity and mortality. Center outcome measures include development of a regional maternal health equity workforce.

resultsCenter activities include education in maternal health and reproductive justice, data justice community trainings, development of measures for structural and social determinants of maternal health, and convening community advocates, researchers and practitioners for black maternal health and reproductive justice.

conclusionsThe work of EMBRACE will result in sustainable approaches to advance maternal and reproductive health equity and improve well-being for black birthing People.

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Black or African AmericanMaternal HealthMaternal Health ServicesCapacity BuildingCommunity-Based Participatory ResearchFemaleHumansPennsylvaniaPregnancyanti‐racismbirthing peopleblack maternal healthcommunity centered researchhealth equitypostpartum carereproductive justicetraining

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PMCPMC12592752

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