Welcome to the MCH Innovations Database, is a searchable repository of “what’s working” in MCH (aka practice-based evidence) which includes effective practices and policies from the field that are positively impacting MCH populations. Practices are assessed along a continuum and receive a designation of Cutting-Edge, Emerging, Promising, or Best depending on their work’s demonstrated impact, among other criteria. Policies are assessed against a rubric and then given a designation of Evidence-Informed Policy Development, Policy Implementation, or Policy Evaluation.
For additional MCH specific evidence-based/informed strategies, check out the MCHbest Database which summarizes the science of what works from the peer-reviewed literature.
Cutting-Edge Practice
Graduated Driver License Education
The Graduated Driver License Education program aimed to increase parental and teen knowledge of Graduated Driver Licensing (GDL) driving restrictions and subsequently lead to better enforcement and compliance with GDL laws.
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Developing, Testing, and Scaling Coordinated Intake & Referral
The primary objective of Developing, Testing, and Scaling Coordinated Intake & Referral initiative was to develop a community-driven approach using the state’s universal prenatal and infant screens, that could be adapted and scaled statewide through local Healthy Start Coalitions in Florida.
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Rhode Island Department of Health Internship Program for Youth with Special Healthcare Needs
The Rhode Island Department of Health Internship Program for Youth with Special Healthcare Needs supports the successful transition of youth with special healthcare needs to all aspects of adulthood (health care, education, work, independence) specifically focusing on transition to employment through the facilitation of an Internship Program within the department of health.
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Perinatal Substance Use Bundle
The Indiana Perinatal Quality Improvement Collaborative drafted a perinatal substance use practice bundle to establish a uniform process of identification and intervention from screening at the first prenatal visit to discharge planning and follow-up for both the mother and the baby.
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Family Voices of California Project Leadership
Family Voices of California Project Leadership is a seven-session comprehensive training curriculum plus support services designed to help family members develop the skills and resources they need to partner at all levels and to engage in public policy advocacy activities in California on behalf of CYSHCN.
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Ohio Gestational Diabetes Postpartum Care Learning Collaborative
The Ohio Gestational Diabetes Postpartum Care Learning Collaborative engages prenatal healthcare providers and primary care providers with the goal of increase knowledge of gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM), the association between GDM and Type 2 Diabetes, and improve health outcomes for women using Medicaid with a history of GDM.
Read MoreEmerging Practice
Text4Baby & SoonerCare
The Oklahoma Health Care Authority (OHCA) is the first and only state Medicaid agency to implement an automatic notification process for SoonerCare (Oklahoma Medicaid program) members to easily opt-in to receive Text4baby messages - the nation’s largest and only free mobile health messaging service for pregnant women and mothers with infants under age one.
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Women’s Health Education Navigation (WHEN) Program
The WHEN Program includes preconception/interconception health education, case management, patient navigation, and linkage to community-based services for women and infants who are justice-involved to increase the incidence of healthy pregnancies, positive birth outcomes, and healthy infants.
Read MoreBest Practice
Every Child Succeeds Evidence-Based Home Visitation
Every Child Succeeds Evidence-Based Home Visitation program aims to promote positive birth outcomes, healthy child development, healthy parent-child relationships, safe and stimulating home environments, and self sufficiency. We build trusting relationships with mothers in under-resourced communities at a time when it is most important in their child’s development, ages 0-3.
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Healthy Women, Healthy Futures
Founded in 2008, Healthy Women, Healthy Futures (HWHF) focuses on underserved populations throughout Tulsa County, providing education, skills, and support to create behavior changes that improve the physical, emotional, financial, and social health of nonpregnant women, their families, and future generations.
Read MoreEmerging Practice
Power Your Life Preconception Campaign
Power Your Life is a social marketing campaign designed to increase awareness of preconception health as well as increase consumption of folic acid.
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Superior Babies Program
The Superior Babies Program aims to to reduce the incidence of FASD and other prenatal drug related effects in children of St. Louis County Minnesota by identifying and serving pregnant women suspected of or known to use or abuse alcohol and other drugs.
Read MoreThis 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 U01MC00001 Partnership for State Title V MCH Leadership Community Cooperative Agreement ($1,696,335). 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.