Reducing Infant Mortality through Collaboration and Innovation
Highlights
- The U.S. has a relatively high rate of infant mortality.
- Quality improvement and collaborative learning strategies can reduce infant mortality.
- Abt provides tailored technical assistance to reduce infant mortality.
|
The U.S. infant mortality rate is among the highest of high-income countries. From 2012 to 2014, Abt Associates worked with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services in three regions of the country in the South and Midwest. |
We are working on Phase II of the Collaborative Improvement & Innovation Network to Reduce Infant Mortality (IM CoIIN) project. IM CoIIN uses quality improvement approaches and collaborative learning in six areas:
- Reducing elective deliveries before 39 weeks
- Increasing access to health services
- Reducing smoking among pregnant women
- Increasing safe sleep practices to reduce sudden infant death syndrome and sudden unexpected infant deaths
- Developing strategies to assure risk-appropriate care for mothers and infants
- Addressing social determinants of health
The project began in 2017, and results will be forthcoming.
Related:
Using Human Centered Design and Design Thinking to Reduce Infant Mortality: A Case Study of the Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA)’s Collaborative Improvement & Innovation Network to Reduce Infant Mortality (IM CoIIN) in the Border States - APHA 2019