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The 5th Annual Heartland HEALTH Conference Maternal, Paternal, and Child Health (MPCH) Summit was held from September 9-11, 2026, in Kansas City, KS. Hosted by the Community-Centered Hospital Initiative's (CCHI) partner Kansas Birth Equity Network alongsi

From 2019 to 2023, 33% of maternal deaths in Mississippi were pregnancy-related. When examining the systemic, clinical, and community-level factors that put mothers at increased risk of maternal death, the Mississippi State Department of Health (MSDH) and

Every day, pharmacists have conversations with parents and caregivers about medications, reflux, sleep products, fatigue, and other concerns that can affect how and where an infant sleeps. That's why NICHQ's Community-Centered Hospital Initiative (CCHI) a

Members of the CCHI team tabled at the 41st Annual New York State Perinatal Association (NYSPA) Conference, which was held on June 10-12, 2026, in Albany, NY, engaging more than 270 healthcare professionals about the role of community-driven models in imp

PHOTO: Isabel Zuckoff, MPH, NICHQ Project Director, welcomes PQCs and partners to the 2026 NNPQC Annual Meeting. The National Network of Perinatal Quality Collaboratives (NNPQC) hosted its 2026 Annual Meeting on May 13-15 in New Orleans, LA. The meeting b

Group-based education (GBE) is a pillar of Healthy Start programming. The goal of GBE is to improve maternal and infant outcomes through connection, learning, and support. Additional benefits of GBE include consistent engagement across the prenatal, postp

Stacy Scott, Ph,D, MPAVP, NICHQ Working in a community means you are part of it. You build relationships, share spaces, and take part in daily life. This approach is about working together. It requires listening, being humble, and learning from those who

On the first day of the conference, NICHQ's Healthy Start Technical Assistance & Support Center (TASC) sponsored two skill-building sessions, 'Maternal Health 101' and 'Stories for Change: Tools, Methods, and Best Practices to Weave Community-Based Storyt

In the summer of 2023, the Alumni Peer Navigator (APN) Services pilot was established as a 1-year pilot through the U.S. Digital Service (USDS) and the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Heal

Lauren Sapp, MPHCommunications Coordinator, Community-Centered Hospital Initiative (CCHI) and Maternal Health Action & Resource Center (MHARC) Full name and title: Lauren Sapp, MPHJob Title: Communications Coordinator Key Projects: Community-Centered Hosp