Additional Resources

• Preterm Labor Assessment Toolkit (March of Dimes)

• National Library of Medicine for Health Care Professionals (National Institutes of Health)

• Improvement Methods Literature (Institute for Healthcare Improvement)

• Advocating For Folic Acid: A Guide For Health Professionals (Folicacid.net)

• Tutorial, Counseling Women on Folic Acid (Spina Bifida Association)

• Smoking Cessation Resources (American Heart Association)

• Smoking Cessation for Pregnancy and Beyond:  Learn Proven Strategies to Help Your Patients Quit (Dartmouth Medical School)

Useful Websites

• March of Dimes:
• Homepage
• Prematurity Campaign
• PeriStats Data

• Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services (Kentucky Department for Public Health)
• Homepage
• Smoking Cessation
• Health Access Nurturing Development Services (HANDS) Home Visiting Program
• Kentucky's Tobacco Quit Line

• Kentucky Perinatal Association, KPA

• Kentucky Folic Acid Partnership

• American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, ACOG

• Association of Women’s Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses, AWHONN

• American College of Nurse-Midwives, ACNM

• National Association of Neonatal Nurses, NANN

• Maternal and Child Health Bureau (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services)

• National Guideline Clearinghouse, NCG (Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services)

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