Perinatal Quality Improvement Coalition for Wayne, Oakland, and Macomb counties.
Southeast Michigan Perinatal Quality Improvement Coalition
Southeast Michigan Perinatal Quality Improvement Coalition (SEMPQIC) was launched in 2015 with funding from The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services to implement the 2015 Mother Infant Health Improvement Plan, updated for 2020-2023 as the Mother Infant Health & Equity Improvement Plan in Region 10, Wayne, Oakland and Macomb Counties. We are now working on the Advancing Healthy Births: An Equity Plan for Michigan Families and Communities plan as part of the October 2023 version of MDHHS strategic plan for improving birth outcomes.
Detroit Health Equity Education Resource (DHEER)
The Detroit Health Equity Education Resource (D-HEER) and the DHEER Data Dashboard was created out of a need to address the alarming rates of infant and maternal mortality in Black and Brown Detroit residents by promoting actions toward health equity in the perinatal system of care. If you are a maternal care provider, learn more at HERE to help save Black and brown families!
SEMPQIC 2022
Annual Report
Click here to view and download the 2022 Annual Report.
Project Detroit: Voices for Life
Black mothers are dying at rates of 3-4 times that of white mothers. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports that 80% of those deaths are preventable. Black Women, like all women, want the right to a healthy, beautiful birth and live to enjoy the blessing of a new life!
A Life-Course Approach to Eliminating Infant Mortality
We are leading a new culture of collaboration and coordination among the myriad of health systems, primary care and obstetrical providers, emergency services, home visiting programs, and support services to ensure that mothers and infants receive optimal care before, during and after pregnancy. SEMPQIC is developing strategies that address the life-course and social determinants of health in the effort to reduce infant mortality and as support for the perinatal system of care. Our coalition invites all appropriate stakeholders to participate in fostering a new culture of health related to infant mortality in southeast Michigan.
What We Hope to Achieve
Health Equity
System Improvements in structures, processes and policies that will improve the quality and outcomes of the perinatal experience, as well as eliminate the disparate outcomes resulting from inequities.
Coordinated Network
A coordinated and seamless network for home visiting services and other supports for high risk babies and mothers, addressing the social determinants of health, inequities, and the root causes of inequities, including racism.
Relevant Database
Implement a database of significant and relevant data that can be used by our stakeholders and others for foundational information and measurement of progress related to perinatal policies, equity and services in southeast Michigan.
Health Equity Focus
The SEMPQIC team uses a health equity lens in every aspect of our perinatal work. In the 2021 fiscal year, SEMPQIC began work on two health equity-focused projects, one funded by the W.K. Kellogg Foundation and the other by Merck for Mothers. Both initiatives are focused on improving the health equity of Black and Brown populations in the City of Detroit, across Region 10 and the state of Michigan.
As a central focus of our work, SEMPQIC regularly discusses health equity topics during our coalition meetings. The intent is for every coalition meeting to feature an interactive session highlighting an area of equity within the healthcare delivery system. We do this to foster a dialogue between coalition members and contribute to individual and organizational transformation.
