Accelerating Improvement in Childhood Obesity
A project to engage stakeholders and identify the best clinical practices and innovative strategies being used in the United States.
Who
The project involved nearly 400 individuals representing 100 multi-sector organizations across the United States.
Our Role
Conducted a strategic meeting for organizational representatives (Invitational Summit) and a public conference for front line providers (National Congress) to lay the foundation for a learning network and knowledge management system to accelerate improvement in clinical components of prevention and treatment of childhood obesity. Provided best practice implementation assistance and support for frontline providers.
Funder
This project was funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Other Information
As a result of this project, NICHQ developed the Childhood Obesity Action Network (COAN). COAN was a listserv-based national network of healthcare professionals, quality improvement leaders, childhood obesity experts and child health advocates dedicated to eradicating obesity. Members post questions, share information and resources.
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 Accelerating Improvement in Childhood Obesity 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.”
