All women and men of reproductive age will achieve optimal health and wellness, fostering a healthy life course for them and any children they may have.Collaborating to Improve Well Woman Care
Supported by and within HRSA MCHB’s Collaborative Improvement and Innovation Network on Infant Mortality (IM CoIIN) initiative, we are proud to lead the Preconception CoIIN team in developing, implementing, and disseminating a woman-centered, clinician-engaged, community-supported approach to the well-woman visit. With this funding, UNC CMIH will work with four state teams: California, Delaware, North Carolina, and Oklahoma.
Resources and more information can be found under the Preconception IM CoIIN section.
The Center for Maternal and Infant Health at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC CMIH) received new funding to reduce infant mortality and improve birth outcomes by advancing the status of women’s preconception health (health and wellness prior to pregnancy), particularly for low-income women and women of color in some of the country’s most underserved communities.
This funding is one of four cooperative agreements awarded by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Health Resources and Services Administration Maternal and Child Health Bureau (HRSA MCHB) to a national coalition supported by UNC CMIH, the National Preconception Health and Health Care Initiative (PCHHC). Funding will be administered through UNC School of Social Work.
Supported by and within HRSA MCHB’s Collaborative Improvement and Innovation Network on Infant Mortality (IM CoIIN) initiative, this Preconception CoIIN team will develop, implement, and disseminate a woman-centered, clinician-engaged, community-supported approach to the well-woman visit. With this funding, UNC CMIH will work with four state teams: California, Delaware, North Carolina, and Oklahoma.
For more information about preconception health, visit ShowYourLoveToday.com or BeforeandBeyond.org. To learn more about the work of UNC Center for Maternal and Infant Health, visit mombaby.org.
ABOUT HRSA IM CoIIN PRECONCEPTION PROJECT: This project is supported by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) under grant number UF3MC31239-Providing Support For The Collaborative Improvement and Innovation Network (CoIIN) To Reduce Infant Mortality. The grant amount totals $1,494,993. This information or content and conclusions are those of the author and should not be construed as the official position or policy of, nor should any endorsements be inferred by HRSA, HHS or the U.S. Government.
