Join the Maternal Healthcare Experience Survey
The ACURE4Moms project is looking for volunteers to share their feedback on their recent healthcare experiences. You may be eligible to participate in our survey if you’re receiving pregnancy care at one of our participating clinics. If you agree to join:
- You will complete up to four surveys during and after your pregnancy.
- You will receive a $20 gift card for each completed survey.
- You may be contacted for a one-time interview at the end of your pregnancy.
- You will receive an additional $50 gift card if you complete the interview.
You can do all the surveys on your phone or online. Each survey will take up to 20 minutes. The interview would take about 30 minutes and take place on Zoom.
To get started, fill out this form [Qualtrics Survey].
We know that patients who identify as Black experience discrimination during pregnancy care in North Carolina and the United States. Sadly, this means that Black patients are more likely to have bad outcomes during pregnancy, childbirth, or in the year after having their babies. ACURE4Moms was created to understand the experiences from patients like you. We hope that this project leads to improved outcomes for patients who identify as Black and others.
To be eligible to take part in the surveys and interview, you must be:
- Black or African American
- 15 years old or older
- Between 14 and 23 weeks of pregnancy
- English, Spanish, or French speaker
Additional qualifiers may apply, including accessibility to a phone or web-based platform. You must be receiving pregnancy care at one of our participating clinics.
A community-based member of the ACURE4Moms team working with your clinic will reach out to you to schedule a time to talk about the surveys and interviews. This team member will ask you some questions to see if you are eligible and will tell you more about the project. If you are eligible and you want to join, the team member will then ask for your consent to join.
You can choose whether you want to participate or not. Your choice is confidential and will not be shared beyond the ACURE4Moms team. Your choice will not change your care from the clinic.
To get started, fill out this form [Qualtrics Survey].
ACURE4Moms is a research study trying to reduce:
- low birthweight babies
- emergency department visits and hospitalizations for birthing persons and their babies
- depression among birthing people
- discrimination in pregnancy-related care
ACURE4Moms is trying out 2 programs designed by people who have given birth. These programs include:
- Sharing patient data and warning alerts with clinic staff to keep them accountable for their patients’ outcomes and providing tools to help them reduce bias in care.
- Matching eligible patients with doulas from the same community as the patients.
ACURE4Moms randomly chose prenatal clinics to receive one, both, or neither of these programs. After each clinic has tried these programs for 2 years, we will see how the programs worked.
Learn more about our work and team here.
If you’re interested in receiving updates about the surveys and interviews, please complete this form.
Questions, concerns, suggestions? Email acure4moms@med.unc.edu.
This project is funded by the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI). For more information about the project, please visit its page on the PCORI website at https://www.pcori.org/research-results/2021/reducing-racial-disparities-maternal-care-through-data-based-accountability. Questions may be directed to the project team at ACURE4Moms@med.unc.edu.