Community Action for Prenatal Care (CAPC) CAI offers other programs related to HIV/AIDS and Women's Health. The overall goal of CAPC is to reduce poor birth outcomes, including perinatal HIV transmission, through the implementation of a more comprehensive model of health care designed to increase access and continued use of prenatal care by high-risk pregnant women. Objectives of the program include Locate pregnant women who are at high risk for HIV and late or no prenatal care. Reach out to women using specialized and innovative methods. Help each woman obtain services she identifies as important. Help women stay in prenatal care. Improve the user-friendliness atmosphere and services of prenatal care sites. Program Components Community Coalitions in Target Areas of Brooklyn, Buffalo, Bronx, and Northern Manhattan Lead Agencies of Community Coalitions Include Buffalo Prenatal-Perinatal Network, Brooklyn Pediatric AIDS Network, Northern Manhattan Perinatal Partnership, and Bronx Lebanon Hospital Center Training for Outreach Workers/Supervisors and Prenatal Providers Consumer Advisory Group Enhanced Prenatal Outreach Hotline Case Management Prenatal Care Providers Goals for Enhanced Outreach Worker Training Develop an outreach plan for locating high-risk pregnant women not in prenatal care including conducting community assessments. Demonstrate the ability to access the social networks of high-risk women in the target community including identifying key players or gatekeepers within the network. Demonstrate knowledge of a variety of innovative and specialized methods for reaching out to sub-populations of high-risk women. Demonstrate the ability to establish a trusting and supportive relationship with pregnant women not in prenatal care. Use a behavior change and harm reduction approach to determine a woman’s readiness to receive prenatal care. Develop and use interventions that are client centered and appropriate to the client’s needs and readiness to access services. Explain the importance of prenatal care and what is involved in a prenatal visit. Respond honestly and accurately to women’s concerns about legal and child protective issues. Demonstrate knowledge of resources available for high-risk women in the community including prenatal care and case management programs. Demonstrate the ability to help women obtain the services that are identified to meet her immediate needs. Develop a plan for assisting women to keep their initial appointments and access case management services. The Role of the Enhanced Outreach Worker To establish a trusting relationship with women who avoid seeking care within the institutional health care system and assist them in accessing services by: Accompanying them to intake sites in the community. Connecting women with other needed services via a case manager. Cicatelli Associates Incorporated, 505 Eighth Avenue, Suite 1600, New York, NY  10018 phone: (212) 594-7741 / fax: (212) 629-3321 http://www.cicatelli.org If you experience problems browsing this page, please send e-mail to webmaster © Copyright 2004, Cicatelli Associates Inc. site map