Social Drivers of Infant Mortality
A new approach to reduce infant mortality and achieve equity: Policy recommendations to improve housing, transportation, education and employment
- Snapshot (2 pages)
- Executive summary (16 pages)
- Full report
Stakeholder group meeting materials
HPIO convened three stakeholder groups from June through November 2017: Advisory Group, Housing Subcommittee and Steering Committee. Members of these groups provided guidance at each stage of the project. Meeting materials are archived below.
List of stakeholder group members
Advisory Group Meetings
June 28, 2017 (10 a.m.-11:30 a.m. conference call)
Aug. 17, 2017 (1 p.m.-4 p.m. in-person meeting at Mid-Ohio Foodbank, Grove City)
Sept. 14, 2017 (2 p.m.-3:30 p.m. conference call)
Oct. 17, 2017 (9 a.m.-12 p.m. in-person meeting at OCCRRA, Columbus)
Housing Subcommittee Meetings
Aug. 23, 2017 (2 p.m.-3:30 p.m. in-person meeting at HPIO)
Sept. 21, 2017 (10 a.m.-11 a.m. conference call)
Steering Committee Meetings
June 30, 2017 (10:30 a.m.-11:30 a.m. conference call)
Aug. 9, 2017 (9 a.m.-10 a.m. conference call)
Oct. 5, 2017 (9:30 a.m.-10:30 a.m. conference call)
Social drivers of infant mortality resources
Ohio
- Ohio Commission in Infant Mortality. Committee report, recommendations and data inventory, Ohio Commission on Infant Mortality
- SB 332 final analysis, Ohio Legislative Service Commission
- 2016 Ohio infant mortality data: General findings, Ohio Department of Health
- New strategies to address infant mortality in Ohio (2017-2018), Ohio Department of Health
- Infant Mortality Research Partnership: Reducing infant mortality in Ohio: Individuals, communities, systems and interventions, Ohio Colleges of Medicine Government Resource Center
- Birth equity: A pathway forward, Children’s Defense Fund-Ohio
- Low birth weight and prematurity in Ohio: A multivariate analysis, The Center for Community Solutions
- Ohio 2017-2019 State Health Improvement Plan, (includes maternal and infant health), Ohio Department of Health and Governor’s Office of Health Transformation
- Ohio Medicaid update on infant mortality initiatives SFY 2016-2017, Ohio Department of Medicaid
- Report on pregnant women, infants and children, Ohio Department of Medicaid
- Ohio infant mortality reduction plan 2015-2020, Ohio Collaborative to Prevent Infant Mortality
- Child Opportunity Maps, diversitydatakids.org and the Kirwan Institute for the Study of Race and Ethnicity
- Urban Suburban Rural Opportunity, Kirwan Institute for the Study of Race and Ethnicity
National
- Trends in infant mortality in the United States, 2005-2014, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- National Equity Index, PolicyLink and the University of Southern California Program for Environmental and Regional Equity
- Opportunity, responsibility and security: A consensus plan for reducing poverty and restoring the American dream, American Enterprise Institute and the Brookings Institution
- Truth, Racial Healing and Transformation, W.K. Kellogg Foundation
- Preventing intimate partner violence across the lifespan: A technical package of programs, policies and practices, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Stop SV: A technical package to prevent sexual violence, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- A comprehensive technical package for the prevention of youth violence and associated risk behaviors, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- State population health strategies that make a difference: Reducing infant mortality in Georgia and Florida, Milbank Memorial Fund
- B’More for Healthy Babies, Baltimore City Health Department
Presentations
Ohio Collaborative to Prevent Infant Mortality (March 20, 2018)
- PowerPoint slides
- Handout: How to use “A New Approach to Reduce Infant Mortality and Achieve Equity Policy Recommendations to Improve Housing, Transportation, Education and Employment”
Ohio Commission on Infant Mortality (March 7, 2018)
Webinar
- Powerpoint slides (April 10, 2018)
