To build the framework for collecting data about individuals in the United States with sickle cell disease in order to monitor their health outcomes, evaluate current systems of care, and inform the development of a comprehensive care model to meet the needs of these individuals throughout their life.
To identify, develop and promote respectful maternity care resources (i.e., webinars, learning cohorts, community of practice) and provide training and technical assistance to perinatal quality collaboratives for addressing respectful maternity care.
To embed a CDC Public Health Informatics Fellow within the Lehigh Valley healthcare system to solve complex public health informatics challenges by linking informatics, population health science and data on social determinants of health.
To establish, expand and support strategic partnerships with organizations dedicated to improving maternal health outcomes. This project focuses on engaging community-based organizations and subject matter experts to reduce maternal mortality while also fostering relationships with tribal-serving organizations.
To support state and local health departments in implementing Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS), streamlining data collection and providing actionable insights to inform public health strategies.
To serve as an applied learning hub for community-based organizations, public health departments, funders and others to create system-level changes and community-driven capacity building for the public health ecosystem.
To support Tribal Serving Organizations in adapting and implementing Healthy Native Babies materials, providing culturally informed training and expanding community engagement to reduce sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) and other sleep-related infant deaths.
To provide technical assistance to jurisdictions to build their capacity to collect maternal self-reported data on experiences and behaviors that occur prior to, during and shortly after a stillbirth.
To create centers of excellence and expand emergency obstetric and neonatal care capacity in regions of Tanzania. The CDC Foundation will implement activities to evaluate maternal and perinatal outcomes and health facility improvements in Tanzania, and provide scientific expertise and technical assistance to partners in Tanzania, Malawi and Nigeria.
To strengthen the Hear Her campaign by providing technical assistance to more community-based organizations (CBO) serving disproportionately impacted populations. Funding will be provided to up to 12 CBOs to adapt and implement the Hear Her campaign. Technical assistance will be provided to support these funded CBO partnerships to implement the campaign through educational and communication strategies tailored to their local communities.
To add three nutrition questions on the National Survey of Children's Health for the next available survey cycle (2025 or 2026) to be asked of all children aged 1-17 years. This will yield nationally representative and state-level estimates of key dietary behaviors for all children aged 1-17 years.
To create a long-term network of high-quality sites to collect robust and standardized primary data with the overarching objective of tracking the preventable causes of childhood death globally.
To continue the work of the Hunger, Nutrition and Health in Pregnancy Action Network and identify and uplift best practices in organizations working to remove barriers that prevent families with young children (birth to 5 years of age) and their families from accessing nutritious, plant-based food and nutrition education.
To extend and augment an evaluation of the Hear Her campaign. This project will triangulate important insights related to the performance and effects of key campaign materials.
To help CDC provide reference and quality control materials for laboratory collaboration, including collaborations for the Hormone Measurement Standardization program.
To continue strengthening and building opportunities for collaboration between nursing groups and associations. As part of this program, the CDC Foundation will provide support for nursing groups to pursue and develop promising partnership opportunities.
