SALT LAKE CITY (ABC4) — A new report from the Kem C. Gardner Policy Institute and the Utah Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Primary Care and Rural Health, shared that Utah’s maternal health care workforce shortages are expected to grow in the coming decades.

“Utah’s maternal health workforce is under-resourced, with several communities currently experiencing a shortfall of maternal health care providers,” said Melanie Beagley, senior health research analyst at the Gardner Institute and lead author of the report. “Unfortunately, this gap is expected to grow over the coming decades.”

Anna West with Office of Primary Care and Rural Health, said that the report details the challenges facing maternal health care in Utah.

"The report highlights three main areas of concern: d

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