Resources
Webinars
Impact of Doulas on MCH
This webinar highlights doula benefits, Medicaid legislation, and their role in healthcare.
Podcasts
S2E1 Celebrating Black History Month, NICHQ Equity Events + Black-Led Maternal and Child Health Organizations
Celebrate Black History Month in recognizing the contributions of Black health practitioners from an equity-focused org focused on training Black women & birthing people and providing direct services.
Publications
Maternity Care Clinicians’ Experiences Promoting Infant Safe Sleep and Breastfeeding During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Explore clinicians’ perceptions & experiences promoting safe sleep & breastfeeding during COVID-19.
Publications
Community-based approaches to infant safe sleep and breastfeeding promotion: a qualitative study
We examined how community providers promote ISS and breastfeeding in communities facing disparities.
Webinars
Harnessing the Power of Collaboration to Improve Outcomes for Families Affected by Substance Use Disorder in Pregnancy
Webinar on implementing Plans of Safe Care (POSC) to support infants, parents, and caregivers affected by substance use disorder.
Downloadable Content
Healthy Start Perinatal Depression and Anxiety
Brochures to reach mothers and birthing people in their communities about postpartum depression.
Publications
Using Infant Mortality Data to Improve Maternal and Child Health Programs: An Application of Statistical Process Control Techniques for Rare Events
IMR in the US: SPC charts for rare events reveal special cause variations in Kansas and Alaska.
Webinars
Opioid Use Disorder in Pregnancy and Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome
Experts discuss the benefits of universal screening for opioid use in the prenatal period and identify best practices of caring for a mother during the prenatal period.
Downloadable Content
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.
Publications
Statewide Initiative to Reduce Postnatal Growth Restriction among Infants <31 Weeks of Gestation
Nutritional practices cut postnatal growth restriction in NY preemies by 19% from 2010 to 2013.