Reaching Children Initiative
A project to test and implement tools and resources for the identification and management of anxiety and other mental health conditions in the population impacted by the events of September 11.
Who
The project involved 120 pediatricians reaching more than 2,000 impacted children.
Our Role
Provided expertise, trainings, tools and strategies about diagnosing mental health.
Funder
The project was funded by the American Red Cross and conducted in partnership with the local chapters of the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) in Connecticut, New Jersey and New York, the Mount Sinai Medical Center, as well as the Families of September 11th and Tuesday’s Children.
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 Reaching Children Initiative 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.”
