(F-6) Initiating Group Prenatal Care in an Urban Setting

Sunday, March 8, 2026

3:45pm - 4:45pm ET

Location: Meeting Room 6

Poster Presenter(s)

Alma Idehen, MSED (she/her/hers)

Co-Director, Bronx Healthy Start Partnership
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Bronx, New York

Author(s)

Rebecca Williams, MD (she/her/hers)

Director of Maternity Services
AECOM Dept of Family and Social Medicine
Bronx, New York

Co-author(s)

Esmeralda Santiago, MS

Study Coordinator
Bronx Healthy Start, Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Bronx, New York
AS

Alvin H. Strelnick, MD

Co-Director, Bronx Healthy Start Partnership
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Bronx, New York

With a significant clinical deficit, late or no prenatal care by race and ethnicity in New York City, Bronx Healthy Start Chose to implement Centering Pregnancy, a CHI program, bringing together three Bronx clinical sites.
a. Establishing a community of Practice
b. Centering Pregnancy: a well-defined model of practice
c. Strong evidence base - potential to build a community of care
d. Defining the elements
e. Implementation strategies, challenges
f. Reflections & Reference