This webinar will cover updates from the Division, including the Healthy Start Monitoring and Evaluation Database (HSMED), 3Ps document, National Evaluation, MCH Journal supplement, 2016 Convention Committee Planning, and other important issues. JSI will provide an update on plans for the CHW training module, changes to the EPIC Center website, the Healthy Start CoIIN, and the new Community Workshops. There will also be an opportunity to submit questions to the Healthy Start federal leadership.
Webinar Materials:
Communication Community and Organizational Partnerships Community Engagement Program evaluation Quality Improvement Strategic Planning
Case Management/Care Coordination Communication Community and Organizational Partnerships EBP Implementation Strategic Planning
This webinar will cover updates from the Division, the National Healthy Start Association with a special focus on mentoring, JSI, the Healthy Start CoIIN, the upcoming Healthy Start Convention in November, and other important issues. There will also be an opportunity to submit questions to the Healthy Start federal leadership.
Webinar Materials:
Communication Project Scope
Healthy Start projects across the country participate in the annual observance of September as Infant Mortality Awareness Month to raise awareness of Healthy Start’s role in addressing disparate infant mortality rates. Social media provides low cost ways to bring greater awareness to your Infant Mortality Awareness Month activities. This webinar is designed to showcase practical ways to use social media to promote your Healthy Start activities.
Following this webinar, participants will be able to:
- Understand how to be a part of the national social media presence for Infant Mortality Awareness Month.
- Add social media to their existing events.
- Understand how to submit events and photos to the HS EPIC Center for national promotion on social media.
Webinar Materials:
Communication
Beyond Access: Inequalities in the generation, manipulation, and distribution of health information and the capacity to act on health information among social and cultural groups in the United States is discussed in an audio presentation by Dr. Kasiomayajula Viswanath. He is an Associate Professor in the Department of Society, Human Development, and Health at the Harvard School of Public Health. His research focuses on how inequalities in communication are associated with health disparities.
Communication Community and Organizational Partnerships Cultural Competence Group Processes/Facilitation Health Equity Health Literacy Leadership Social Determinants of Health Strategic Planning
The Maternal and Child Health Leadership Skills Development Series brings leadership concepts to life in an MCH context, allowing you to conduct your own training sessions, within your own time frames and in your own settings.
The Maternal and Child Health Leadership Skills Development Series is a set of training modules designed for use in small groups. Each module offers a mix of presentation and exploration in different learning formats:
• Video “mini-lecture”
• Interactive group discussion questions and exercises
• Case study with discussion prompts and hands-on exercises
• Video clips from interviews with MCH leaders
• Individual self-reflection exercises
• Individual leadership development planning worksheet
Communication Community and Organizational Partnerships Cultural Competence Group Processes/Facilitation Health Equity Health Literacy Leadership Social Determinants of Health Strategic Planning
Healthy People provides science-based, 10-year national objectives for improving the health of all Americans. For three decades, Healthy People has established benchmarks for various health domains (such as MCH) and monitored progress to encourage collaboration across communities and sectors, empower individuals to make informed health decisions, and measure the impact of prevention activities.
Alcohol/Drug Services Backbone Organization Breastfeeding Budgeting Case Management/Care Coordination Chronic Disease Common Agenda Communication Community and Organizational Partnerships Community Engagement Community Needs Assessment Continuous Communication Contracting Cultural Competence Data Utilization Depression EBP Implementation Father/Partner Involvement Group Processes/Facilitation Health Equity Health Literacy Healthy Weight Home Visiting Human Resources Immunization Insurance Coverage Intimate Partner Violence Leadership Life Course Model Mutually Reinforcing Activities Nutrition Oral Health Other Parenting Education Participant Recruitment and Retention Partner Involvement Patient-centered Medical Home Policy Prenatal Care and Education Prevention Program evaluation Project Management Project Risk Project Schedule Project Scope Quality Improvement Reproductive Life Planning/Family Planning Risk Assessment Root Cause Analysis Safe Sleep Shared Measurement Social Determinants of Health Socio-emotional Development for Children STDs including HIV Strategic Planning Tobacco Cessation
Tamarack develops and supports learning communities to help people collaborate and generate knowledge to solve complex community challenges. The website includes a resource library with information on community engagement, Collective Impact, community collaboration, movements for change, and sustaining social innovation.
Backbone Organization Common Agenda Communication Mutually Reinforcing Activities Shared Measurement
On November 16-18, 2015, all Healthy Start grantees attended the 2015 Healthy Start Convention: Achieving Measurable Outcomes that Make a Difference for Women, Families, and Communities in Washington, DC.
The purpose of the Convention was to convene the Healthy Start grantee community to build momentum, garner synergy, and propel the Healthy Start initiative towards greater success in improving perinatal health outcomes by sharing best practices, building skills, and increasing knowledge for providing high-quality services to women and their families.
Materials from the Convention are available below.
Plenary Sessions
Breakout Session I: Collective Impact Peer Learning Network (PLN)
Breakout Session II: Quality Improvement to Strengthen Service Delivery
Breakout Session III: Enhancing Quality Service Delivery (Resources, Training, and Information)
Breakout Session IV: Strengthening Communication/Marketing Strategies
Project Management 101
Breastfeeding Communication Program evaluation Quality Improvement Reproductive Life Planning/Family Planning
