1. Bureau of Maternal & Infant Care Update December 10, 2010

2. SLEEP SAFE TRAINING

3. Agencies and Providers Trained July – November 2010 Type of ProviderNumber of OrganizationsNumber of providers City Agency11130 Hospital12140 Non Profit214 Day Care355 FQHC545 High School135 Family Support Center524 State265 School675 Total47583

4. Sleep Safe Video Shown in Birthing Hospitals HospitalShown? (Y/N)Status JHHYVoluntary Commitment Statement (VCS) is being reviewed by forms committee Maryland GeneralYDischarge paper being used, adding additional bullets UMMSYBeing shown St AgnesYUsed in discharge parent education. In committee for mandatory viewing. BayviewNTo be shown (no timeline given) HarborNTo be shown (no timeline given) MercyNTVs on order (no timeline given) SinaiNEstimate showing by Dec

6. Bureau of Maternal & Infant Care

7. M&I Leadership & Training Revised evidence-based national home visiting curriculum (Partners for a Healthy Baby) and led implementation in all nurse home visiting programs Led training for all nurse home visiting programs in the city Piloting postpartum home visits by nursing students across the city Revised and streamlined citywide home visiting services and triage criteria

8. Innovative Client Interventions Conducted pilot citywide Weight Watchers intervention –Total weight loss over 2 months = >400 lbs. –Awarded $100,000 planning grant from DHHS Office of Women’s Health Introduced smoking cessation training for citywide programs Distributed 500 cribs over FY10 and managed citywide crib distribution program

9. Key Results Made 3129 successful home visits (Jan to Oct 2010) On average, 59% of M&I clients who smoke have reduced the number of cigarettes smoked per day (Jan to Oct 2010) On average, 68% of M&I Infants have a safe sleep environment as observed by case managers (Apr to Oct 2010). On average, 21% of M&I mothers breastfeed, exclusively, infants 0-4 months old (Jan to Oct 2010) 7% of M&I women got pregnant again within 18 months of giving birth (9 of 245 Jan to Oct 2010)

10. TEXT FOR BABY

11. Number of Registrants There have been 298 registrants on Text4Baby from February 3 - October 20, 2010 All city zip codes are represented –42% of registrants were from BHB funded communities including: –Greenmount East: 21202, 21213 –Patterson Park N&E: 21224, 21231, 21205 –Upton/Druid Heights: 21201, 21217, 21223 Of the 298, six (6) were Spanish speaking Text4Baby Data Source: Voxiva

12. 3 Communities Number of Text4Baby Users in 3 Targeted Communities (total) Outreach Started

13. Proportion of Pregnant Women Reached in BHB Targeted Communities * Number of Pregnant Women: Greenmount East = 174 Patterson Park N&E = 170 Upton/Druid Heights = 291 * Data Source: MD Department of Health and Mental Hygiene's Vital Statistic Administration 2005-2007 data (# births)

14. Low Birth Weights by CSA

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