Maryland Maternal Health Innovation Program (MD-MOM)

The Maryland Maternal Health Innovation Program (MDMOM) is a nine-year (2019-2028) program to improve maternal health across the state of Maryland by coordinating innovation in the areas of maternal health data, hospital and US home visiting, training and resource availability. MDMOM is a collaboration between Johns Hopkins University, Maryland Department of Health and Maryland Patient Safety Center, and funded by Health Resources and Services Administration. In 2024, the Northwestern University research team began leading a preference trial during which pregnant individuals and new parents in Maryland home visiting programs will be able to choose receipt of Mothers and Babies via online (eMB) an asynchronous version with coaching or the in-person synchronous version (Mothers and Babies 1-on-1) modality. Research activities will examine Mothers and Babies implementation, and evaluation associated with the preference trial. Future training and research activities for service providers outside of the home visiting context will be conducted in later years of the project.

Principal and Co-Investigators

Darius Tandon, PhD, Elizabeth Stierman, PhD

Contact Information

For more information or questions about our study, please feel free to reach out to our Director of Research Operations: Alicia Diebold, MSW.