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National Healthy Start Association Newsletter Fall 2007 Shake, Rattle and Roll! National Healthy Start Association Holds Second Leadership Training Institute Greetings from the President Introducing the New President From the CEO's Desk Pointers from Peggy Two New Projects Join Healthy Start Family View from the Hill National Healthy Start Association Introduces the Male Involvement / Dads Matter Initiative Partner’s Corner Healthy Start to be Featured at Preconception Summit Consumer Spotlight on Charlene Moseley CEO Sanchez Mills Helps New Orleans Rebuilding Efforts News from the Projects Research News: Maternal Health Research and Michael C. Lu, MD, MS MPH Mark Your Calendar Healthy Start in the News Visit National Healthy Start Association’s Web Site Stay in Touch! Become a Friend of Healthy Start _________________ Printer-friendly page link to the article on this web page: Printer-friendly page: National Healthy Start Association Introduces the Male Involvement / Dads Matter Initiative	National Healthy Start Association Introduces the Male Involvement / Dads Matter Initiative The need for and value of male involvement programs where dads matter has been the source of much debate and discussion for years. In response, a number of Healthy Start Projects embrace and support the need to have fathers involved in order to improve the outcome of mothers and babies. The National Cohort of Male Involvement / Dads Matter Initiative has taken form not from mandatory participation, but voluntarily, having the support of more than 26 Healthy Start Projects, the National Healthy Start Association’s Board of Directors and Peggy Sanchez Mills. Organized in April 2007, the cohort has used conference calls, volunteer leadership meetings and a number of workgroup meetings to keep the momentum going. There are four workgroups working to clarify the direction of the Male Involvement / Dads Matter Initiative: Making the Case (research based data gathering), Stating the Case (analysis and synthesizing data), Presenting the Case (marketing the data results) and Funding the Case (funding programs to improve outcomes). The work of each group has been phenomenal and the outcome is expected to benefit Healthy Start and the MCH and male involvement fields. There is still much to be done and greater outcomes to be fostered by having dads and males involved in the lives of mothers and babies. Keep looking for future reports on the Male Involvement / Dads Matter Initiative and the work of the National Cohort.
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