Healthy Start EPIC Center
Increase proportion of Healthy Start women and child participants who have a usual source of medical care 80%.
“Usual source of care” refers to a place an individual or family usually goes to when sick, such as such as a doctor’s office, clinic or health center but not an emergency room. Having a usual source of medical care has been shown to increase quality of care, boost access to preventive services, improve health outcomes, and reduce overall health care costs.
A Performance Measure Resource Sheet is available summarizing recommended strategies and a selection of resources and evidence-based practices related to this benchmark to aid Healthy Start grantee organizations, partners and their staff in supporting the women and families they serve.
This guide provides information and resources for family members and friends on specific ways to support pregnant women with opioid use disorders, and help them to get the prenatal care, substance use treatment and other supports they need during pregnancy and postpartum.
Alcohol/Drug Services Case Management/Care Coordination Prenatal Care and Education
NOFAS works to prevent prenatal exposure to alcohol and other substances of abuse known to harm fetal development by raising awareness and supporting women before and during their pregnancy, and supports individuals, families, and communities living with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASDs) and other preventable intellectual/developmental disabilities.
Alcohol/Drug Services Parenting Education Patient-centered Medical Home Prenatal Care and Education
This webinar will focus on helping Healthy Start team members:
Objectives:
Webinar Materials:
Breastfeeding Depression Father/Partner Involvement Immunization Insurance Coverage Intimate Partner Violence Nutrition Parenting Education Patient-centered Medical Home Risk Assessment Safe Sleep Socio-emotional Development for Children Tobacco Cessation
This webinar focuses on the basic elements of preconception care and why incorporating them into Healthy Start is essential to fulfilling the mission of decreasing infant mortality. The logistics of recruiting participants who are not pregnant into Healthy Start programs and managing their issues is discussed, along with case studies illustrating ways in which this can be done.
Webinar Materials:
Chronic Disease Healthy Weight Insurance Coverage Reproductive Life Planning/Family Planning
Meeting Materials:
Case Management/Care Coordination Communication Community and Organizational Partnerships EBP Implementation Strategic Planning
Three ways in which Maternal and Child Health researchers and practitioners are using data and the life course approach were discussed.
AMCHP is a national resource, partner, and advocate for state public health leaders and others working to improve the health of women, children, and families, including those with special health care needs. AMCHP’s website includes a calendar of events, policy and advocacy resources, information on MCH topics, and a searchable database of best practices.
Chronic Disease Community Needs Assessment Cultural Competence EBP Implementation Home Visiting Intimate Partner Violence Life Course Model Patient-centered Medical Home
A national membership organization of city and county health departments’ MCH programs and leaders representing urban communities in the US. CityMatCH works to strengthen public health organizations and leadership to promote equity and improve the health of urban women, families, and communities.
Breastfeeding Early Elective Delivery Prenatal Care and Education Reproductive Life Planning/Family Planning
The Division’s three priority areas are: women’s reproductive health; pregnancy health; and infant health. The website contains resources and statistics on, infertility, assisted reproductive technology, depression and postpartum depression, maternal and infant health, SIDS, teen pregnancy, unintended pregnancy, women’s reproductive health, and global reproductive health.
Breastfeeding Early Elective Delivery Prenatal Care and Education Reproductive Life Planning/Family Planning
Early Head Start provides early, continuous, intensive, and comprehensive child development and family support services to low-income infants and toddlers and their families, and pregnant women and their families.
Health Literacy Insurance Coverage Parenting Education Reproductive Life Planning/Family Planning Socio-emotional Development for Children