Our Vision

Working together to eliminate infant mortality in Ohio.

Our Mission

To eliminate preventable infant mortality and improve the health of all women and birthing individuals of childbearing years throughout Ohio.

Our Purpose

As a statewide partnership, OCPIM will serve as a platform for community engagement, facilitate the exchange of best practices, manage data, and advocate for change. Our success will be measured by key infant health outcomes that contribute to reducing infant mortality, focusing on issues such as extreme preterm birth, sleep-related infant deaths, and congenital malformations.

Who We Are      

OCPIM brings together various organizations and individuals across Ohio who are committed to eliminating infant mortality. Our collaborative efforts are grounded in evidence-based and evidence-informed interventions supported by high-quality data, ensuring our actions are effective and impactful.

Membership recruitment is ongoing. We want to seek out diverse partnerships, emphasizing non-traditional community-level organizations, that can guide activities through a critical lens as we work to achieve equity in Ohio’s birth outcomes.

OCPIM and its members will focus on four organizational activities:

  • Community engagement to support those at most risk of experiencing the direct consequences of infant death and suboptimal birth outcomes.
  • Exchange of non-traditional interventions and practices designed to improve birth outcomes focusing on the effectiveness of a wide range of practices
  • Optimization of relevant data collection, analysis, and dissemination among participating organizations.
  • Advocate for legislation and policies that optimize women’s health, improve birth outcomes, and eliminate preventable infant mortality.

OCPIM will continue to build upon established collaborations through recruitment and engagement strategies.

OCPIM will strive to access timely, transparent, and consistent data to evaluate our progress.M will work to access timely, transparent, consistent data to evaluate our progress.

This work will continue to elevate the efforts of all OCPIM members and identify opportunities for synergy and expansion.

OCPIM’s advocacy will be grounded in data-driven, evidence-based principles that demonstrate a commitment to equity and social justice in communities throughout Ohio.