P4 Challenge: Innovations in Pediatric Primary Care to Improve Child Health

MCHBP4Challenge@hrsa.gov

The Promoting Pediatric Primary Prevention (P4) Challenge is a competition seeking innovative approaches to increase access to and utilization of well-child visits and/or immunizations services within primary care settings.

Pediatric health performance measures should include:

• Number of well-child visits
• Well-child visit disparities (comparing measures across two or more subpopulations)
• Doses administered of specific vaccines and coverage of the primary pediatric vaccination series
• Disparities within the community on a specific immunization metric (comparing measure across two or more subpopulations)

Concept papers are accepted from a wide array of contestants including, but not limited to:

• Pediatric primary care and specialty care providers
• Professionals who deliver primary or specialty care
• Community centers
• Community-based organizations and community health workers
• Distribution experts
• Federally Qualified Health Centers
• Rural Health Centers
• Health educators
• Home visiting professionals
• Public housing workers
• Schools, school nurses, and childcare settings

Additional eligibility requirements are listed on the program website.

$10,000 will be awarded to up to 50 Phase 1 winners.

$25,000 will be awarded to up to 20 Phase 2 winners.

Respond to the submission requirements and judging criteria on the program website.

Email phase 1 submissions to MCHBP4Challenge@hrsa.gov between January 19 and March 15, 2021.

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