In honor of National Breastfeeding Month, we’ve taken time with Lori Feldman-Winter, MD, MPH, an internationally and nationally recognized expert on breastfeeding nutrition, education and policy. Here, she shares how harnessing successes, addressing bias and breaking down barriers that prevent equity can help us pursue sustainable improvements in the years ahead.
Eliminating the Consequences of Maternal Depression Experts from the Brookings Institution, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, the Medical University of South Carolina, and Postpartum Support Charleston analyze the impact of maternal depression on children and families, and describe concrete steps health professionals can take to ensure that more mothers are screened and referred to support and resources. Read the article.
Neonatologist Shares Strategies for Improving Infant Health Outcomes Babies born in the United States have a higher chance of death than babies born in more than 50 other countries in the world. Harnessing lessons-learned from successful improvement initiatives can help hospitals and state health systems address this alarming statistic. Here, pioneer for improvement Deborah Campbell, MD, FAAP, shares strategies and lessons-learned from three successful improvement efforts.
Improving Transitions in Care Saves Lives Advancements in care have helped more children with rare diseases reach adulthood, but health systems and providers have struggled to help children transition to adult care, resulting in high rates of complications and mortality for young adults. In this article, learn about life-changing and life-saving strategies for helping young adults with sickle cell disease transition to adult care.
Interested in learning what steps children’s health programs and organizations can take to champion health equity? This webinar will share strategies to tap from two health equity experts: Arthur James, MD, and Denise Evans, MM, MA.
Attendees will gain insight on successful programs that have addressed health equity, lessons learned on what led to those programs’ successes, and strategies that programs and organizations can use to champion health equity in their work. If you’ve wondered how your organization, program or improvement effort can put equity into action, this webinar will get you started.
In recognition of 20 yearsof work fueled by incredible people, we’re shining a spotlight on a NICHQ employee every month—asking them to share their memories, advice and goals. Here, read NICHQ Project Specialist Colleen Bernard's thoughts on breastfeeding, safe sleep and elevating community partners.
Project alert: We're proud to partner with the National Healthy Start Association to provide technical assistance and capacity building assistance to Healthy Start grant recipients. Read the full announcement here.
We're growing! NICHQ recently added innovative new thinkers and doers to our team. Check out our team page to see what inspires their work to improve children's health. Interested in joining us? View our open positions.
We’ve set our sights on raising $200,000 to celebrate our 20th anniversary by changing children’s lives. Help us reach our goal so that we can give all children a better start. Your tax-deductible gift will make a difference in our work to improve children’s health. Donate today!
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