Resources

The official theme for 2022 focuses on the importance of Black Health and Wellness and acknowledges the legacy of Black scholars and medical practitioners in Western medicine, as well as other health and wellness workers, such as birthworkers, doulas, midwives, naturopaths, and herbalists. Share these ready-to-use social media graphics and posts to continue the conversation about our nation’s history and its impact on modern-day health outcomes in the Black community.

Early Childhood Health Equity (ECHE) work seeks to strengthen early childhood systems to support healthy child development and reduce health inequities and disparities that can have a lifelong impact. This case story presents lessons learned from the Family Contact Improvement Partnership (FCIP), a cross-sector collaboration between agencies working with children in the foster care system to improve family contact procedures in Alaska’s Matanuska-Susitna Borough (Mat-Su).

Early Childhood Health Equity (ECHE) work seeks to strengthen early childhood systems to support healthy child development and reduce health inequities and disparities that can have a lifelong impact. This brief presents lessons learned from Baltimore’s B’More for Healthy Babies (BHB) Healthy Family America (HFA) home visiting program on how to establish multi-directional communication across funders, city agencies, home visiting programs, and families to create a culture of collaboration that benefits families with young children.

Early Childhood Health Equity (ECHE) work seeks to strengthen early childhood systems to support healthy child development and reduce health inequities and disparities that can have a lifelong impact. This case story describes how family-led data collection and advocacy lead to increases in early childhood funding in Alameda County. 

Health professionals and advocates can share these ready-to-use social media graphics and posts to continue the conversation about the importance of immunizations and staying up to date on routine vaccines. 

This Model Protocol provides clinicians, nurses, allied health professionals, community-based organizations, and public health agencies with recommendations and strategies to improve care provided to individuals with sickle cell disease and trait. 

Through NICHQ's 2017-2021 Sickle Cell Disease Treatment Demonstration Regional Collaboratives Program (SCDTDRCP), we worked with five regional teams from across the country to improve coordination and service delivery for individuals living with sickle cell disease, enhance access to services, and improve and expand patient and provider education.

Health professionals and advocates can share these ready-to-use social media graphics and posts to continue the conversation about the importance of immunizations and staying up to date on routine vaccines. 

Health professionals and advocates can share these ready-to-use graphics and posts to continue the conversation about the importance of breastfeeding on social media and encourage people to support breastfeeding mothers and birthing people. 

Too often, people living with Sickle Cell Disease (SCD) and their families and caregivers miss critical healthcare appointments for a variety of reasons. These important resources and tools can be used to guide efforts to improve relationships between providers and people living with SCD.