Preventing anemia during pregnancy with patient-centered community and clinic tools
Reducing Perinatal Anemia through Patient Centered Community and Clinical Approaches
This project will create and share a user-friendly toolkit to help pregnant people prevent and treat iron-deficiency anemia so they have healthier blood at the time of delivery.
Quick facts
| Grant type | NIH-funded research |
|---|---|
| Study type | NIH-funded research |
| Funding institution | Stanford University NIH-funded |
| Lab location | 1 site (Stanford, United States) |
| Project ID | NIH-11136482 on NIH RePORTER |
What this research studies
You and your care team will help design an Anemia Prevention Toolkit together with clinicians, community partners, and people who have experienced anemia in pregnancy. The team will use quality improvement methods to put the toolkit into practice at hospitals and community clinics and refine it based on real-world use. The toolkit will include clear education, screening and treatment steps, and strategies to improve iron levels before labor. Researchers will track admission hemoglobin and rates of postpartum bleeding and severe maternal complications to see if the toolkit leads to better outcomes.
Who could benefit from this research
Good fit: Pregnant people, especially those at risk for or with iron-deficiency anemia receiving care at participating clinics or hospitals, are the ideal candidates.
Not a fit: People who are not pregnant, whose anemia is due to non-iron causes, or who do not receive care at participating sites may not directly benefit from this project.
Why it matters
Potential benefit: If successful, this could reduce anemia at delivery and lower rates of postpartum hemorrhage and severe maternal complications.
How similar studies have performed: Smaller programs that improved iron screening and supplementation have shown benefits, but large-scale, patient-centered toolkit approaches like this are relatively new.
Where this research is happening
Stanford, United States
- Stanford University — Stanford, United States (Active)
Researchers
- Principal investigator: Lyell, Deirdre — Stanford University
- Study coordinator: Lyell, Deirdre
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.