Healthy StartBy: Kristy Locklear

Mission• The mission of Healthy Start CORPS is to enhance

the perinatal service system in Robeson County while strengthening community empowerment.

Goal• The goal of the program is to reduce the number

of infant deaths and low-birth weight babies in Robeson County by providing case management services to females for up to twenty-four (24) months after delivery while providing the community with health education classes on nutrition, self-esteem, HIV/STD, Drugs and Alcohol, preterm birth, breastfeeding, and postpartum depression while maintaining strong linkages with local and State Title V perinatal services.

ServicesHealthy Start CORPS can provide you with

linkage and referrals to intensive case mangement services. Provided by:

• Registered Nurse• Social Worker• Community Outreach

Worker

Lay Health Advisors offer community health education programs presented to consumer groups, churches, clubs, organizations and

schools on:

• Nutrition• Self Esteem• Drugs and Alcohol• HIV / AIDS and STD's• Breastfeeding• Postpartum Depression• Preterm Birth

Target Population• Healthy Start CORPS serves a targeted population

of females and males parents aged 14 to 44.

Fact Sheet• The United States

ranks 30th of industrial nations in Infant Mortality Rates.

• Infant Mortality Rate of African Americans is 13.4 deaths per l,000 births.

• United States infant mortality rate is 7.0 infant deaths per 1,000 live births.

• North Carolina infant mortality rate is 8.5 infants deaths per 1,000 live births.

• Robeson County is 14.6 infant deaths per 1,000 live births.

Fact Sheet Cont.Fatherhood Factors in

Maternal and Infant Health

• Infant mortality rates are 1.8 times higher for infants of unmarried mothers than for married mothers.

• Unmarried mothers are less likely to obtain prenatal care and more likely to have a low birth-weight baby.

• Single mothers were twice as likely as married mothers to experience depression.

Challenges and Barriers

• Inability to afford medical care• Lack of knowledge about

available services• Rural area with poor living

condition • Limited perinatal resources• Low education levels• Poor diets, smoking, & other

risk factors.• Women who believe early

prenatal/ interconceptional care is not necessary

FUTUREDIRECTION

Fatherhood T/ANeeds

• Sustainability• Resource

Development around Male• Involvement• Intake Form• Roadmap &

Assignment• Staff Development & Training

• Fatherhood Historical for NHSA

• Consortium Development

Strategies• Male Involvement Development

• – Help men meet their needs economically, educationally, socially, emotionally, physically.

• – Increase program capacity to offer comprehensive services that help men meet their needs economically, educationally, socially, emotionally, physically

• Social Emotional Financial Medical Outcomes Outcomes Outcomes Outcomes

Healthy Families America• Healthy Families America (HFA) is a nationally

recognized evidence-based home visiting program model designed to work with overburdened families who are at-risk for adverse childhood experiences, including child maltreatment. It is the primary home visiting model best equipped to work with families who may have histories of trauma, intimate partner violence, mental health and/or substance abuse issues. HFA services begin prenatally or right after the birth of a baby and are offered voluntarily, intensively and over the long-term (3 to 5 years after the birth of the baby).

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References•NationalHealthyStartAssociation. TheRegionalCenterofUNCP:HealthyStartCORPS.www.uncp.edu/healthy_startwww.facebook.com/uncphealthy.start• HealthyFamiliesAmerica.

www.healthyfamiliesamerica.org