Sudden Unexpected Infant Death Prevention
NICHQ works to enhance the coordination and communication of Perinatal Quality Collaboratives across the nation, with the ultimate goal of improving health outcomes for mothers and newborns.
Promoting Safe Sleep Best Practices
The Sudden Unexpected Infant Death (SUID) Program’s purpose is to reduce the overall rates of sudden unexpected infant death (SUID) and reduce racial and ethnic disparities in SUID; to guide improvements; and to identify and support policy changes that address state- and community-specific SUID risks.
Who
NICHQ and the AAP will support pediatric health care practitioners to provide evidence-based counseling and education to infant caregivers and families.
Our Role
NICHQ collaborates with the AAP on engaging a national collaborative to identify and promote community and state SUID prevention best practices.
Funder
Health Resources and Services Administration Maternal and Child Health Bureau through a subcontract with the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP).
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 Sudden Unexpected Infant Death Prevention 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.”
Stacy Scott, PhD, MPA
VP, Health Equity Innovation
Andrea Cunningham, PhD
Project Manager, Health Equity Innovation
