Completed Initiatives
Initiatives
The Gift
The primary home for neonatal and mother-baby care best practice implementation, including breastfeeding and parent-infant bonding.
Safe Births Initiative
The primary home for the Alliance for Innovation on Maternal Health bundle of implementation and perinatal outcomes work.
Obstetric Readiness in Emergency Departments
Supports emergency departments to improve readiness for obstetric emergencies.
Caregiver Perinatal Depression Screening
Supports pediatric practices in screening and establishing referral pathways for caregivers impacted by postpartum depression.
Community Birth Initiative
Supports freestanding birth centers and community birth providers with readiness and response to maternal and neonatal emergencies.
LaPQC NOWS Pilot Project
The Neonatal Opioid Withdrawal Syndrome (NOWS) Pilot project was developed as a result of Act No. 174 of the 2018 Regular Session of the Louisiana Legislature which charged the Louisiana Department of Health (LDH) with creating a demonstration project to optimize outcomes associated with NOWS.
In response to this legislation, the Louisiana Perinatal Quality Collaborative, authorized by the Louisiana Commission on Perinatal Care and Prevention of Infant Mortality, worked with teams from 4 birthing facilities in the state to identify and test high-impact, evidence-based best practices to test implementation of clinical and family support practices. Funding support was provided by the state’s Title V Maternal and Child Health Block Grant through the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention – Perinatal Quality Collaborative Opioid Supplement award, and the Louisiana State Opioid Response (LaSOR) grant administered through the LDH Office of Behavioral Health.
For final results and more information, see the final report [link] here. [link]