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Keeping Our Babies Safe
Join NICHQ for an upcoming webinar featuring maternal and child health experts and community advocates who will share their experience and strategies for promoting infant safe sleep
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Maternal Mental Health Awarness Month
Maternal Mental Health Month is recognized every May. Perinatal mental health disorders are the No. 1 complication of childbirth.
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NICHQ Employee Spotlight: Isabel Zuckoff
Isabel Zuckoff, MPH, a project director for NICHQ’s National Network of Perinatal Quality Collaboratives (NNPQC) and Maternal Health Action & Resource Center (MHARC), shares her professional inspiration and goals.
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Recognizing the Value of Our Presence
Watch Recognizing the Value of Our Presence, a national MCH webinar highlighting NICHQ’s Community-Centered Hospital Initiative (CCHI).
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Berns announces plans to retire as CEO and President of NICHQ in September 2025
BOSTON – After a decade at the helm of NICHQ, Scott D. Berns, MD, MPH, FAAP, has announced his plan to retire as CEO and President of the organization. During his tenure, Dr. Berns led efforts to diversify NICHQ’s funding, doubling the annual revenue while increasing quality improvement expertise, deepening community engagement, and expanding clinical…
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Improving Health Care Transition for Young Patients With Sickle Cell Disease Through Quality Network
In this quality improvement study of 458 pediatric patients with sickle cell disease, 5 hematology centers successfully implemented health care transition programs.
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Increasing and Deepening Connections for Children’s Health
Within that tenet, many public health professionals, including me, have championed the importance of bringing “uncommon partners” to the table: the people and organizations that may not first come to mind, but whose perspectives broaden and deepen our discussion. NICHQ and our partner organizations have worked hard to expand these voices and perspectives to ensure…
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NICHQ Employee Spotlight: Karen Chustz
Full name and title: Karen Chustz, MSW Job 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…
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Top NICHQ Resources of 2024
Year in Review Top NICHQ Resources of 2024 As the year comes to a close, review NICHQ’s most popular resources of 2024. Thank you to our funders, partners, and supporters who joined us in creating and sharing tools and resources for healthcare providers, public health professionals, and community advocates, as well as caregivers and families….
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NICHQ Awarded $14.9M Maternal Health Action and Resource Center Project
BOSTON – The National Institute for Children’s Health Quality (NICHQ), a nationally recognized leader in driving change to improve maternal and child health, has been awarded the Maternal Health Action and Resource Center (MHARC), a five-year project funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau, part of the Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA). The…
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