New Toolkit for Addressing Infant Mortality February 09, 2017 The infant mortality toolkit supports teams looking to improve infant health in their communities.
Leadership Engagement Bootcamp: Exercise 3: Using Evidence to Make Your Case January 26, 2017 When proposing a new quality improvement initiative to leaders to gain their support, you’ll need different kinds of evidence and data to support your case.
A Roadmap for Improving Sickle Cell Care in Underserved Areas January 24, 2017 Sickle cell disease care is being improved for Indiana's children, and new strategies are helping support better transitions of care.
The Photo of My Baby That Almost Killed Us January 12, 2017 Advertisements don't often show babies sleeping in safe position, and that affects what caregivers learn about putting children to bed.
Empowering Families to Fight Obesity December 12, 2016 In giving voice to parents at the center of the obesity epidemic, the Childhood Obesity Prevention and Treatment project emphasizes a crucial factor in obesity treatment and prevention: the impact of family relationships on food-related attitudes and behaviors.
Race and the Inequity in Maternal and Infant Health November 17, 2016 Racial disparities in health and healthcare access have a profound affect on infant health, especially when it comes to preterm births.
Quality Improvement 101: The Fundamentals of Real Change November 15, 2016 Learn all about Quality Improvement 101, a digital course that teaches the fundamentals of change.
Efforts to Reduce Infant Mortality Focus on Underserved Populations November 01, 2016 In our special Underserved Population Series, we’ve highlighted teams that have made strides in reaching underserved populations across different strategic focus areas for addressing infant mortality.
Breaking Barriers to Healthy Birth Spacing in Underserved Populations October 18, 2016 Longer intervals between pregnancies mean better birth outcomes and healthier babies. While there is no consensus on optimal interpregnancy interval, research shows that short intervals of less than 18 months and intervals longer than 60 months are associated with poor health outcomes.
Leadership Engagement Bootcamp: Exercise 2: Visualize and Align Aims September 29, 2016 Learning leaders’ styles is a great first step towards engaging them in quality improvement (QI) efforts. The next two steps -- establishing a vision and aligning aims with the organization -- are important both to securing leadership buy-in and to the work’s ultimate success. Undertaking these actions early on allows for more substantive conversations about QI plans and opportunities that can foster interest at every level of the organization.
Infographic – America’s Problem: Infant Mortality September 07, 2016 Although great strides have been made in recent years, infant mortality remains a problem in the United States. The infant mortality rate has declined – dropping 13 percent between 2005 and 2013 – while still leaving the U.S. far behind many industrialized nations.
4 Key Considerations for Family and Community Partnership in Public Health August 25, 2016 As public health professionals, we are tasked with designing, implementing and evaluating programs and policies that are intended to improve population health. A critical part of this work is engaging families in communities we want to reach.