Welcome
to the National Healthy Start Association
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Effective Monday, June 30, 2008, the NHSA office
will be located at:
2030 M Street, NW, Suite 350
Washington, DC 20036
Phone: 202-296-2195
Fax: 202-296-2197
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National Healthy Start Association's
Peer Learning Network
Visit the Association's Peer Learning Network at:
www.nationalhealthystart.org
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National Healthy Start Association
Brochure – 2008
Click here for the NHSA's Brochure!
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More Announcements
NHSA Seeks Executive Director
Click here for the complete job description and contact information
Click here to go directly to our
Announcements Page
for job postings and other important information!_______________________________________________________
The National Healthy Start Association (National Healthy Start Association), whose members
include almost 100 federally funded Healthy Start projects in the United States,
promotes community-based maternal and child health programs, particularly those
that focus on the reduction of infant mortality, low birthweight and racial
disparities in perinatal outcomes.
Infant mortality refers to the death of a baby before its first birthday. The
United States ranks 23rd among industrialized nations in the world in infant
mortality.
Babies who are low birthweight weigh 2500 grams (5.5 pounds) or less at birth.
Very low birthweight babies weigh 1500 grams (3.3 pounds) or less. The medical
and social costs for for low birthweight and very low birthweight babies are
significant. Low birthweight is a major predictor of infant mortality.
Racial disparities occur both in health status and health care throughout the
country. The goal of Healthy Start is to reduce these disparities, especially
among pregnant and postpartum women and their infants.
The National Healthy Start Association believes that the Healthy Start program
offers the best models for the reduction of infant mortality, low birthweight
and racial disparities in perinatal outcomes. This model emphasizes both the
importance of community-based approaches to solving these problems, and the
need to develop comprehensive, holistic interventions that include health, social
and economic services.
Each Healthy Start project is mandated to develop a local consortium composed
of neighborhood residents, medical providers, social service agencies, faith-based
representatives and the business community. This consortium guides and oversees
the design and implementation of the local Healthy Start project.
The Association has a mandate to ensure that these key features of the Healthy
Start model are strengthened and promoted among all Healthy Start projects and
is available to provide technical assistance, when requested.
Visit our other pages for more information!
BECOME A FRIEND OF HEALTHY START!
Click here for Information on How You Can Become A Friend Today!!
(see, also, Membership Information page for Information on how to become a Friend)
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New & Improved!
The Healthy Start Directory
now includes links to Healthy Start projects' web sites.
Click here to view
the Healthy Start Directory!
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Contact the Association at
National Healthy Start Association, Inc.
2030 M Street, NW, Suite 350
Washington, DC 20036-2435
Phone: (202) 296-2195
Fax: (202) 296-2197
Kemia
Duncan, AA
kduncan@nationalhealthystart.org
Links to related sites:
The Maternal and Child Health Neighborhood
http://mchneighborhood.ichp.edu
The MCH Library: a virtual guide to maternal and child health information. It
offers a wide variety of electronic resources, including the MCH Alert, knowledge
paths, publications, databases, bibliographies,
and other materials developed for health professionals, policymakers, and families.
http://mchlibrary.info
Special needs family friendly fun – enhancing the quality and
fun of family life with special needs.
More information on linking to our website can be found at:
http://www.family-friendly-fun.com/familytradelinks.htm