A Collaborative Community Approach is Key to Improving Black Maternal Health Crisis, says Position Paper by the Association of Black Cardiologists News provided by Share this article Share this article WASHINGTON, Feb. 17, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- A multidisciplinary team and multi-stakeholder approach that supports the patient from preconception through postpartum period should be the standard of practice, according to "A Working Agenda for Black Mothers: A Position Paper from the Association of Black Cardiologists (ABC) on Solutions to Improving Black Maternal Health," published in the American Heart Association's journal Circulation : Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes. Rachel M. Bond, MD, lead author of the paper, "A Working Agenda for Black Mothers," and Co-Chair of ABC's Cardiovascular Disease in Women and Children's Committee.