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NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT ALLIANCE (NIH CEAL)

NIH CEAL’s mission is to promote health, improve health outcomes, and strengthen community partnerships through community-engaged research to address health disparities. NIH CEAL aims to partner with communities to: 

• Build trust in science and research
• Ensure inclusion across the research continuum
• Advance community-driven solutions addressing differences in health outcomes
• Strengthen community-engaged research 

PROGRAM OVERVIEW

The Implementing a Maternal health and PRegnancy Outcomes Vision for Everyone Community Implementation Program (IMPROVE-CIP) supports community-engaged implementation research to address factors contributing to maternal mortality and severe maternal morbidity, such as mental health, substance use, psychosocial factors, and social and structural determinants of health.

IMPROVE-CIP is a program of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Implementing a Maternal health and PRegnancy Outcomes Vision for Everyone (IMPROVE) initiative. This initiative was launched in 2019 in response to high rates of pregnancy-related complications and deaths in the U.S. The NIH IMPROVE initiative funds research to reduce preventable causes of maternal deaths and improve health before, during, and after delivery.