Cen­ter­ing is patient-cen­tered care. The vis­it sched­ule and con­tent fol­low nation­al­ly rec­og­nized guide­lines with flex­i­bil­i­ty and time to explore health and well­ness top­ics that fit the group’s needs. Receiv­ing health­care in a group set­ting leads to greater engage­ment, learn­ing, and self-confidence.

Patients and providers say - ​“It’s bet­ter care!” 

Cen­ter­ing­Preg­nan­cy® is asso­ci­at­ed with stronger birth out­comes com­pared to indi­vid­ual pre­na­tal care, includ­ing a 33% or high­er reduc­tion in preterm birth risk and a 54% reduc­tion in low birth weight and NICU admis­sion risk, with even greater improve­ments among par­tic­i­pants attend­ing five or more sessions.

For Black moth­ers, Cen­ter­ing­Preg­nan­cy is asso­ci­at­ed with a 41% low­er preterm birth risk, show­ing the model’s poten­tial to help reduce dis­par­i­ties in mater­nal and infant health outcomes.

Cen­ter­ing is backed by more than 150 pub­li­ca­tions over the past 20 years focused on the Cen­ter­ing mod­el, with even more research on group-based care.

This grow­ing evi­dence base rein­forces what Cen­ter­ing com­mu­ni­ties expe­ri­ence every day: when care is deliv­ered in a group set­ting, patients gain more time, more con­nec­tion and more sup­port through­out their health journey.