Enhancing Maternal and Child Health Through Engaged Patients

Name Institutional Affiliations Date A population health effort for maternal and child health Introduction Good health is essential throughout a person’s life. For this reason, the need to have a positive mindset on issues regarding health is the key to a successful healthy life throughout one’s life. However, it is imperative to note that health matters require positive patient and family engagements for the realization of successful functioning health-related institutions like healthcare, hospitals, and so forth. Maternal and child health is among the significant and critical population health efforts where the application of patient engagement frameworks can yield positive outcomes for the patient, the unborn child, and the health-providing institution. Engaged patients are always informed and thus able to make well-informed decisions about the most viable care options. Such insight is relevant in maternal and child health cases where the mother can maintain high levels of health-related concerns as an individual and for the sake of the unborn baby. A population health effort for maternal and child health defines many bene