Safe Sleep Collaborative Improvement and Innovation Network (CoIIN) to Reduce Infant Mortality
An initiative to decrease the instances of sudden unexpected infant death (SUID) rates and reduce racial disparities in sleep-related deaths.
Who
The states of Arkansas, Mississippi, New York and Tennessee
Our Role
NICHQ will lead four state teams in their efforts to improve birth outcomes by employing our combined expertise in infant mortality reduction and technical support in testing evidence-based strategies using quality improvement methodology.
Funder
This project is funded by the Health Resources and Service Administration Maternal and Child Health Bureau (HRSA MCHB)
Other Information
This initiative builds on the work of the NICHQ-led Infant Mortality CoIIN, which ended in September 2017. If you are interested in learning more about this project, 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 Safe Sleep Collaborative Improvement and Innovation Network (CoIIN) to Reduce Infant Mortality 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.”
