Healthy Start A Collective Impact Model to Address Poor Birth Outcomes Charlotte M. Parent, RN, MHCM March 27 th, 2015 SACIM Meeting

The Healthy Start Model Purpose: To reduce disparities in infant mortality and adverse perinatal outcomes. Approaches: – Improve Women’s Health – Promote Quality Services – Strengthen Family Resilience – Achieve Collective Impact – Increase Accountability through Quality Improvement, Performance Monitoring, and Evaluation Supporting HRSA Goals: 1.Improve Access to Quality Health Care and Services 2.Strengthen the Health Workforce 3.Build Healthy Communities 4.Improve Health Equity

Level 1 Community-based Healthy Start Community Collaboration, information sharing and advocacy Responsible for Individual Effects Program Participants 500 Providers & Partners Community Action Network

Level 2 Enhanced Services Healthy Start Responsible for Community Level Effects Community Collaboration Community Partners Program Participants 800 Common Agenda, shared measurement And coordinated resources

Level 3 Leadership & Mentoring Healthy Start Backbone organization Alignment with place-based initiatives Resource site for HS grantees Participation in and alignment with state and national initiatives Program participants 1,000

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