We Care About Brooklyn - A Digital Behavioral Intervention to Optimize Engagement in Maternal Healthcare

Inclusion Criteria

• •Eligible participants for the pilot RCT will be patients
• •aged 18-49 years (childbearing age)
• •residing in a Central Brooklyn zip code
• •self-reporting as Black,
• •who speak English or Haitian Creole, and
• •plan to deliver or present for delivery at University Hospital at Downstate (UHD).
• •In NYC, SMM increases incrementally with later entry into prenatal care (1st trimester: 208/10,000 deliveries; 2nd trimester: 252/10,000; 3rd trimester: 297/10,000; None: 575/10,000). 3 Accordingly, in order to capture the full range of SMM risk profiles for our pilot study, any pregnant patient/client visiting our clinics will be eligible for enrollment from 13 weeks gestation through delivery, thus allowing follow-up to 3 months post-partum within the 2-year study timeline.