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Working group flags data gap on planned home births, eyes DPH and public‑health school collaboration
Summary
Participants said the Department of Public Health lacks a mechanism to track planned home births and who attends transfers; the working group discussed collaborating with public‑health schools and COAG to study transfer rates and improve data for maternal‑health planning.
Members of a community birth working group debriefed a recent Council on Women and Girls (COAG) presentation and identified a gap in public‑health data about planned out‑of‑institution births and transfers to hospitals. Dante, who summarized the COAG session, said COAG’s health and safety subcommittee includes a Department of Public Health commissioner and that the public‑health schools at universities signaled possible interest in research or evaluation support.
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