Maternal and Child Environmental Health Collaborative Improvement and Innovation Network (MCEH CoIIN)
This initiative aims to build state capacity to increase the number of infants and children who have access to a system of coordinated care to address their needs as a result of exposures to lead and decrease maternal and child morbidity and mortality associated with exposure to lead.
Who
Teams in 10 states
Our Role
NICHQ is using its unique change management approach to lead all CoIIN activities including: providing quality improvement expertise, technical assistance, collaboration and data collection tools, and project management.
Funder
This project is funded by the Health Resources and Services Administration Maternal and Child Health Bureau and led by the Association of Maternal and Child Health Programs.
Other Information
For more information, please visit AMCHP’s website or email [email protected].
Project Impact
External Resources
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.
PQCs in the News
Articles in news outlets covering state PQCs, their activities, and the people that work in the collaboratives.
Patient Safety Bundles
From the Alliance for Innovation on Maternal Health. PSBs are collections of evidence-informed best practices that address clinically specific conditions in pregnant and postpartum people. The NNPQC helps provide TA and support to PQCs in adopting the core AIM Perinatal Mental Health Bundle.
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 Maternal and Child Environmental Health Collaborative Improvement and Innovation Network (MCEH CoIIN) project or on related topics
Meet Our Team
“In our deep organizational work to move along the Equity Systems Continuum from a Savior-Designed System to an Equity-Empowered System, we acknowledge the power of action. The potential is limitless for today’s commitments to improve the systems in which health care and public health professionals work and families receive care.”
