Some of what PAC/LAC does relates to the implementation of activities as delineated in the State Department of Health Services (DHS) Regional Perinatal Programs of California (RPPC) contract, including participation in state, local and regional perinatal health committees and taskforces, providing professional education, and serving as a resource and linkage for state compiled Maternal and Child Health databases such as the Perinatal Profiles and California Perinatal Quality Care Collaborative.

Other PAC/LAC activities include:

• Developing and disseminating guidelines of care in obstetrical and neonatal health. Current guidelines include the Neonatal Guidelines of Care (2006) and Prenatal and Intrapartum Guidelines of Care (2001) (2008 version coming this fall!)
• Addressing public policy issues relevant to the needs of the constituency
• Engaging in research and evaluation services, including program evaluation, data management, capacity building, needs assessment, and logic model development for health and social service organizations
• Offering technical assistance to perinatal and neonatal health care professionals
• Performing community surveys to identify best-practice policies and procedures
• Providing professional education including CEUs for nurses and CMEs for physicians through sponsorship of educational seminars and a full day annual conference
• Participating in local, regional and statewide taskforces on topics such as: family violence, adolescent pregnancy, perinatal substance use, and breastfeeding.
• Conducting quality improvement through provider collaboratives within the Regional Quality Improvement Committee and the Perinatal Hospital Based Leadership Committee