Community-led maternal sepsis care to lower infections and deaths
Large-scale Implementation of Community Co-led Maternal Sepsis Care Practices to Reduce Morbidity and Mortality from Maternal Infection
This project uses community leadership and standardized pregnancy-adjusted screening and treatment steps to help pregnant and recently pregnant people find and treat serious infections sooner.
Quick facts
| Grant type | NIH-funded research |
|---|---|
| Study type | NIH-funded research |
| Funding institution | Duke University NIH-funded |
| Lab location | 1 site (Durham, United States) |
| Project ID | NIH-11124812 on NIH RePORTER |
What this research studies
From a patient's point of view, community members, patients, and families help shape how hospitals screen and treat infections during pregnancy and after birth. The team will work to find what gets in the way of timely care for patients and clinicians, update screening tools that are tailored for pregnancy, and build a large quality-improvement effort across participating sites. Survivors, patient advocates, and people from the community will be part of a leadership group that guides the project at every stage. The goal is to implement practical changes in real clinical settings so more infections are caught early and treated quickly.
Who could benefit from this research
Good fit: Ideal participants include pregnant or recently pregnant people at risk for infection and community members, survivors, or family members who want to join a community leadership or improvement effort.
Not a fit: People who are not pregnant or recently pregnant or whose complications are unrelated to infection are unlikely to benefit directly from this project.
Why it matters
Potential benefit: If successful, this could lower severe infections and deaths in pregnant and postpartum people by improving early detection and faster treatment.
How similar studies have performed: Sepsis care bundles and quality-improvement efforts have improved outcomes in nonpregnant patients and some local maternal programs show promise, but large-scale community-led implementation for maternal sepsis is more novel.
Where this research is happening
Durham, United States
- Duke University — Durham, United States (Active)
Researchers
- Principal investigator: Allen, Terrence Kelburn — Duke University
- Study coordinator: Allen, Terrence Kelburn
About this research
- This is an active NIH-funded research project — typically early-stage science, not a clinical trial accepting patient enrollment.
- Some NIH-funded labs run parallel clinical studies or seek volunteers for related work. To check, contact the principal investigator or institution listed above.
- For full project details, budget, and progress reports, visit the official NIH RePORTER page below.