Environmental Influences on Child Health Outcomes: Developmental Impact of NICU Exposures (ECHO DINE)
A research study on the long-term impact on health of environmental exposures in neonatal intensive care units (NICUs).
Who
600 children ages 3 to 10 in eight geographically diverse clinical sites across the U.S.
Our Role
Provide project management, data management and analysis support to clinical sites and principal investigators.
Funder
This project is funded by the National Institutes of Health via the Children’s Hospital at Montefiore/Albert Einstein College of Medicine.
Project Impact
ECHO DINE’s Impact
Project Impact
ECHO DINE’s Impact
NICHQ partnered with the Albert Einstein College of Medicine to support a Developmental Impact of NICU Exposures (DINE) cohort to compile data on prematurity-associated morbidities and unique phthalate exposure profiles. Data were also collected on race/ethnicity to ensure retention of participants across demographics and research finding generalizability. The first public-use version of ECHO-wide cohort data covered information collected on more than 50,000 infants, children, adolescents, and their families, and as of January 2023, there were more than 1,000 ECHO cohort publications. The DINE cohort specifically worked with 11 site PIs to recruit 669 research participants and their families.
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 Environmental Influences on Child Health Outcomes: Developmental Impact of NICU Exposures (ECHO DINE) 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.”
