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Maternal Health Awareness Day
Maternal Health Awareness Day is January 23, 2025. NICHQ joins the The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG), in raising awareness about the maternal mortality crisis and highlighting the importance of reproductive health.
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NICHQ Employee Spotlight: Karen Chustz
Full name and title: Karen Chustz, MSWJob Title: Senior Project Director (Supporting Healthy Start Performance Project) Time with NICHQ: 1.5 months (Joined NICHQ October 2024) How has your background led you to join a children’s health organization? My journey to join NICHQ has been influenced not only by my professional training and experience as a macro-focused social…
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SIDS Awareness Month
SIDS Awareness Month This October, join NICHQ in recognizing SIDS Awareness Month. Help us spread the word about the importance of creating safe sleep environments to help reduce the risk of SIDS and other sleep-related infant deaths. Safe Sleep Resources & Tools Equitable Safe Sleep Strategies and Messaging Health professionals can help empower families to…
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Community infant safe sleep and breastfeeding promotion and population level-outcomes: A mixed methods study
Study on community-level strategies and state-level outcomes for infant safe sleep & breastfeeding.
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Exploring a Framework for Early Childhood Systems Maturity
A framework of EC systems development was observed from communities participating in the ECCS CoIIN.
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National Infant Mortality Awareness Month Toolkit
A sharable collection of social media posts and graphics to raise awareness about infant mortality.
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Safe Infant Sleep Infographic for Child-care Providers
This helpful infographic can empower child-care providers as safe sleep champions.
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Safe Infant Sleep and Breastfeeding Myths and Facts
Access documents to guide healthcare provider conversations about safe infant sleep & breastfeeding
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Reducing Preterm Birth
Webinar on data collected as part of IM CoIIN to improve birth outcomes and decrease infant morality rates.
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Social Determinants of Grief
This webinar will offer insight on how some women of color deal with compounded loss and trauma.
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