Closing the Postpartum Gap With Reverse Call Centers Alongside Traditional Support Lines

The majority of postpartum maternal deaths in the United States are preventable, but support and intervention in the postpartum period can be hard to find—and the burden is often on new moms to take the first step. In this News and Perspectives article, JMIR Correspondent Anika Nayak reports on how a proactive initiative in Arkansas is taking the first step in providing new mothers with support early in the postpartum period, with traditional support lines helping fill in the gaps later on.