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      For 25 years, NICHQ has been guided by a profound passion for every child to achieve their optimal health. As a bold organization of innovative and passionate collaborators, we have earned a reputation as a national leader for improving the health and well-being of mothers and birthing people, children, and their families.

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      • Community-Centered Hospital Initiative (CCHI) Centering communities to uplift their capacity as leaders in improving perinatal and infant health.
      • Enriching ECHO (Environmental Influences on Child Health Outcomes) cohorts with High-risk Pregnancies and Children with Disabilities Enhancing disability research in the ECHO program
      • Family Engagement and Leadership in Systems of Care Support state teams in engaging families in leadership to improve systems of care
      • Hemoglobinopathies National Coordinating Center Providing support to expand access to high quality care for people with sickle cell disease.
      • Maternal Health Action & Resource Center (MHARC) Providing CBA & TTA to State Maternal Health Innovation Grantees
      • National Network of Perinatal Quality Collaboratives Providing resources and support toward efforts to improve maternal and infant health outcomes
      • PQC Demonstration Project Building Perinatal Quality Collaborative (PQC) Capability for Maternal Health Improvement
      • Supporting Healthy Start Performance Project Reducing disparities in birthing outcomes by investing in communities to improve health outcomes before, during, and after pregnancy.
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      The Equity Engagement Hub is a virtual space that holds the Equity Exchange, our new equity-focused virtual event series, as well as resources, articles, and tools related to equity in maternal and child health.

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  • Lessons in Demonstrating Return on Investment of Statewide Perinatal Health Improvement Initiatives

    Lessons in Demonstrating Return on Investment of Statewide Perinatal Health Improvement Initiatives

    This issue brief highlights Oklahoma and Tennessee’s experiences assessing the economic impact of statewide perinatal health improvement initiatives.

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  • The Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome Framework

    The Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome Framework

    he framework’s intent is to aid in structuring stakeholder discussions to prevent in-utero opioid exposure and impact the incidence of NAS.

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  • Introduction to Using Control Charts

    Introduction to Using Control Charts

    Learn about the purpose, components and how to interpret control charts to guide improvement work.

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  • Medicaid Funding Opportunities in Support of Perinatal Regionalization Systems

    Medicaid Funding Opportunities in Support of Perinatal Regionalization Systems

    Improving strategies to fund risk-appropriate care and improve infant health outcomes.

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  • Opportunities for States to Improve Women’s Health and Birth Outcomes through Medicaid Incentives for Effective Contraceptive Use and Postpartum Care

    Opportunities for States to Improve Women’s Health and Birth Outcomes through Medicaid Incentives for Effective Contraceptive Use and Postpartum Care

    This issue brief details state Medicaid models incentivizing contraception use and postpartum care.

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  • Cultivating Internal Change Agents for Medical Home Transformation

    Cultivating Internal Change Agents for Medical Home Transformation

    Using the Practice Transformation Facilitator (PTF) model in medical home transformation.

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  • Improving Follow-Up After Newborn Hearing Screening

    Improving Follow-Up After Newborn Hearing Screening

    An action kit on reducing loss to follow-up for newborns after their initial hearing screening.

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  • Safe Sleep and Breastfeeding Image Gallery

    Safe Sleep and Breastfeeding Image Gallery

    Image gallery was compiled to address the challenge of finding safe sleep images on the internet

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  • Preventing Preterm Birth Through Progesterone

    Preventing Preterm Birth Through Progesterone

    Overcoming barriers to help moms access treatments that reduce the risk of preterm births.

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  • Promoting Young Children’s (Ages 0-3) Socioemotional Development in Primary Care

    Promoting Young Children’s (Ages 0-3) Socioemotional Development in Primary Care

    Recommendations and interventions to address early childhood social-emotional development.

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    • Community-Centered Hospital Initiative (CCHI)
    • Maternal Health Action & Resource Center (MHARC)
    • Supporting Healthy Start Performance Project
    • Enriching ECHO (Environmental Influences on Child Health Outcomes) cohorts with High-risk Pregnancies and Children with Disabilities
    • Family Engagement and Leadership in Systems of Care
    • National Network of Perinatal Quality Collaboratives
    • Sudden Unexpected Infant Death Prevention
    • Hemoglobinopathies National Coordinating Center
    • Florida CMS Learning and Action Network
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