In Indiana, 31.4 mothers die for every 100,000 births, according to the March of Dimes\u2019 2025 report card. Nationwide, according to the same data, 23.5 mothers die for every 100,000 births, which puts Indiana among the highest maternal mortality rates in the country. Through both research and nurse education, Kalyn Renbarger, assistant professor in the Purdue University School of Nursing, is hoping to help shape maternal health in a positive trajectory, both in Indiana and beyond.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":47838,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[10,19],"tags":[263,2541,1330,2542,240,461,1438],"class_list":["post-47835","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nursing","category-research","tag-college-of-health-and-human-sciences","tag-kalyn-renbarger","tag-maternal-health","tag-mobile-health","tag-purdue-university","tag-school-of-nursing","tag-substance-use-disorder"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n