The Women and Infant Health Program targets two priority areas in Wyoming: women/maternal health and infant health . Below is our priority needs in each of these areas and our strategies to address these needs.
Priority Need: Prevent Maternal Mortality
- Annual visits
- Promote Importance of preventive annual visit; and identify and implement evidence-based strategies to address barriers to preventive annual visit.
- Maternal Mortality Review Committee
- Implement evidence-based strategies to improve maternal health outcomes to include implementation of cross-state Utah-Wyoming Maternal Mortality Review Committee.
- County Level Projects
- Offer funding opportunities for county level organization to implement community level projects to prevent maternal mortality.
Priority Need: Prevent Infant Mortality
- Safe Sleep Practices/Environments
- Promote importance of safe sleep practices; and identity and implement evidence-based activities to address barriers to safe sleep practices.
- Decrease Smoking During Pregnancy
- Promote importance of smoking cessation among women of reproductive age and pregnant/postpartum women; and implement evidence-based activities to address barriers to smoking cessation.
- County Level Projects
- Offer funding opportunities for county level organization to implement community level projects to prevent infant mortality.