Improving Respectful Care Through Hear Her
NICHQ will leverage its role as the coordinating center for the National Network of Perinatal Quality Collaboratives (NNPQC), as well as the Hear Her Campaign and related respources, to improve and promote respectful birth and maternal health care.
Equipping Perinatal Quality Collaboratives (PQCs) with tools and resources to advance and embed respectful care practices
NICHQ will equip PQCs with tools and resources for patient and provider education, foster collaborative partnerships, and provide ongoing opportunities for shared learning.
The goal of this project is to promote respectful birth & maternal health practices and improve patient experience by having PQCs’ hospital partners adopt and sustain a culture of respectful and patient-centered maternity care.
Who
Perinatal Quality Collaboratives (PQCs) in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and the Defense Health Agency
Our Role
NICHQ’s role is to support Perinatal Quality Collaboratives (PQCs) in advancing respectful care practices across healthcare systems. NICHQ will disseminate tools, promote sharing of strategies and lessons learned from PQCs, and foster ongoing conversations around embedding and sustaining respectful care practices within quality improvement.
Funder
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Foundation (CDCF)
Other Information
This project is a supplement to the work NICHQ carries out as the coordinating center for the NNPQC. To learn more about the Improving Respectful Care Through Hear Her project, email nnpqc@nichq.org.
Project Impact
External Resources
Hear Her Campaign
Overview of the Center for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) Hear Her campaign.
State Perinatal Quality Collaboratives
List of PQCs funded by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
The Power of PQCs
Video showing the impact that PQCs have on the communities they serve. Produced by the NNPQC.
Perinatal Quality Collaboratives
The CDC’s landing page for PQCs, including helpful infographics, videos, and links to help explain what PQCs are, how they work, and stories, learnings, and publications that have come out of the state PQCs.
Related Content
Resources produced by the Improving Respectful Care Through Hear Her project or on related topics