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Healthy Start and Infant Mortality Prevention
Doula program visionaries should look into the possibility of partnering with federal Healthy Start programs in order to address issues of common concern. The National Healthy Start Association (NHSA), the membership association for the federal Healthy Start programs, promotes the development of community-based maternal and child health programs, particularly those addressing the issues of infant mortality, low birthweight, and racial disparities in perinatal outcomes. As Healthy Start celebrates 20 years of improving infant mortality rates in the communities served, NHSA has released the following new resources:
- Saving Our Nation’s Babies: The Impact of the Federal Healthy Start Initiative chronicles the birth of Healthy Start and NHSA and contains profiles and photographs for over 80 Healthy Start projects.
- Social Emotional Development of Young Children: Resource Guide for Healthy Start Staff focuses on the influence of early childhood experiences and skills on life-long trajectories of health and productivity. Topics include understanding brain development, social emotional development, the life course, and how Healthy Start staff can help parents promote their children’s social and emotional development. The guide was designed with three unique covers as a way to address diversity within communities.
The Doula Programs blog provides a forum for doula program visionaries and implementers to consider common challenges, ask questions, and learn from each other. Patty Brennan is the author of The Doula Business Guide: Creating a Successful MotherBaby Business.