Maternal Outcomes Monitoring System (MOMS)
The Maternal Outcomes Monitoring System (MOMS) is a community-focused dashboard that offers a holistic view into maternal health vulnerability throughout Dallas and Tarrant Counties. The MOMS presents a new, validated Maternal Risk Forecast Index that combines insights from social and health data to anticipate a community's vulnerability to adverse maternal health and subsequent newborn outcomes, and identify areas of health inequities. The Maternal Risk Forecast Index is ranked from very low to very high risk indicating the increased level of vulnerability to maternal health outcomes in the community.
By combining the impact of community indicators, including socioeconomic status, demographic characteristics, and environmental conditions, the Maternal Risk Forecast Index forecasts the likelihood that pregnant individuals in a community will have a severe obstetric complication or deliver a newborn requiring intensive care unit hospitalization within one year. For each community, the top risk drivers of poor maternal health outcomes are listed. Additional indicators are shown under "Select Map Indicator” to provide additional, actionable information in understanding and addressing maternal health vulnerability in the community.
All indicators are classified as Very High, High, Moderate, Low, or Very Low Risk according to how they affect the community's vulnerability to poor maternal health outcomes. By selecting particular indicators of interest or by going to the "Select Map Indicator" filter, the user can drill down to view how specific indicators affect the community’s vulnerability to poor maternal health outcomes. Another approach is to select a particular geography of interest, such as one or multiple Zip Codes or census tracts, and further examine microgeographic vulnerabilities and inequalities.
At every geographic level, a risk-driven, color-coded map is displayed in the center with demographic data included to the right of the map. The top risk factors contributing to maternal health risk are displayed under the map, in two categories: top 10 indicators and other indicators.
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