A County-Level Collaboration to Reduce Infant Mortality: Cradle Cincinnati.

John Feister^1,2, Shixuan Wang^3,4, Dominique Walker^2,5, Rachel Webken^2,5, Bin Huang^1,3,4, Elizabeth A Kelly^2,5,6, James M Greenberg^1,2,5

¹University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Cincinnati, Ohio.

²Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Perinatal Institute, Division of Neonatology and Pulmonary Biology, Cincinnati, Ohio.

³University of Cincinnati, Department of Mathematical Sciences, Division of Statistics and Data Science, Cincinnati, Ohio.

⁴Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Division of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Cincinnati, Ohio.

⁵Cradle Cincinnati, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Perinatal Institute, Cincinnati, Ohio.

⁶University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Cincinnati, Ohio.

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Abstract

OBJECTIVE: We sought to implement and determine the efficacy of Cradle Cincinnati-a county-level collective impact collaborative established to reduce the infant mortality rate (IMR) of Hamilton County, Ohio. We hypothesized that the reduction in the IMR of Hamilton County was attributable to the work of Cradle Cincinnati. METHODS: Cradle Cincinnati, conceptualized in the early 2000s and iterativ…

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