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.
Promising Practice
Back to Sleep Training for Nursery Room Nurses
The Back to Sleep Training for Nursery Room Nurses is a training which aims to improve the knowledge, skills and beliefs of hospital nursing staff regarding the proper positioning of infant during sleep.
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The JJ Way® Model of Maternity Care – Easy Access Clinic
The JJ Way® Model of Maternity Care provides quality prenatal and postpartum care with the goal of eliminating disparities due to race and socio-economic class. We have developed a model that uses a collaborative, team-based approach which has significantly reduced the incidence of preterm births and low birth weight babies, with no accounts of maternal mortality.
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The Missouri Model for Brief Smoking Cessation Training
The Missouri Model for Smoking Cessation targets healthcare providers for training on how to implement these interventions with their patients.
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GROWTH with Doulas and Dads
The GROWTH with Doulas and Dads project provides pregnant women with the direct home visitation and Doula support that promotes healthy births, bonding, and mother/child attachment. The program provides prenatal support services, health education, mentoring, hospital labor and delivery assistance, breastfeeding, and nutrition support.
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Parent-Child Assistance Program (PCAP)
The Parent‐Child Assistance Program is a home visitation case‐management model for pregnant and parenting women with substance use disorders. Its goals are to help mothers build healthy families and prevent future births of children exposed prenatally to alcohol and drugs.
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Individual + Policy, Systems and Environmental Approaches Technical Assistance
This mentored TA practice includes online training modules, a tailored workbook, and coaching for MCH health professionals to acquire skill sets in developing individual and policy, systems, and environmental (I + PSE) approaches to improving healthy eating and active living practices among vulnerable MCH populations and communities. The goal of the TA effort is to develop I + PSE skills sets in teams of MCH practitioners to more comprehensively address the wicked public health problems that exist in health systems.
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Youth and Family Services Boys Health Program
A referral program designed around mentoring and helping boys ages 5-17 get the health focused visits such as counseling, dental and optical appointments they need. The advocates build programing around social and emotional learning with single and group settings. Services are for boys that may be at risk of developing physical, mental, or social health problems.
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BreastfeedingTraining.ORG
BreastfeedingTraining.ORG is an online educational resource for provider education required to implement the Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative®’s 10 Steps for Successful Breastfeeding.
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Moving Beyond Depression
Moving Beyond Depression is a treatment program for depressed mothers of young children that is designed to be implemented alongside home visiting or similar early childhood prevention settings.
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Screening Tools and Referral Training (START)
The Tennessee Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics' Screening Tools and Referral Training (START) Program provides free training to primary pediatric health care practices, medical education programs, and early childhood professionals to increase early identification and referral of children with developmental delays or behavioral problems by routine comprehensive developmental and behavioral screening.
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Tennessee Safe Sleep Hospital Project
The Tennessee Safe Sleep Hospital Project was designed to provide an incentive for all birthing hospitals in Tennessee to develop a safe sleep policy by recognizing them for their efforts and providing free educational materials.
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Safe Stars
Safe Stars recognizes youth sports leagues throughout Tennessee for providing the highest level of safety for their young athletes. Safe Stars consists of 3 levels: gold, silver, and bronze, and involves implementation of policies around topics such as concussion education, weather safety and injury prevention.
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.