Drug Topics January 24, 2025
Natalie DiPietro Mager, PharmD, PhD, professor of pharmacy practice at Ohio Northern University, provides best tips and practices for providing maternity care.
Over 2 million women aged between 15 and 44 years in the United States live in a maternity care desert, an area with little to no obstetric services or providers.1 As the most accessible members of health care teams, pharmacists are well positioned to provide care to patients living in a maternity care desert. However, implementing these services can be difficult due to a lack of time or resources.
In an effort to determine if community pharmacists practicing in maternity care deserts or low access areas provide maternal health services and are aware that they practice in such...