UNCP HEALTHY START
CORPS
Agency Presentation
Danielle Coleman
SWK: 4910
8/29/18
HISTORY OF UNCP HEALTHY START
• UNCP Healthy Start is a grant funded program used to provide
resources to mothers and families that are pregnant or have children
two and younger.
• It is funded by the Health Resources and Services Administration
(HRSA) of the U.S. Department of health and Human Services (HSS).
• Healthy Start started as a pilot program in 1999 and became fully
funded through a grant from UNCP in 2001.
• Provides case management throughout Robeson County.
SERVICES PROVIDED
• Case Management for clients
• Car seat safety/CPR/Sleeping techniques (SMART Start)
• Parenting classes
• Health education classes for expecting and nursing mothers
• Community groups
SERVICES PROVIDED
• Transportation
• Breastfeeding Support
• Father Intuitive
• Community Outreach
• Seeks additional resources for mothers and children
GOALS
• To decrease the rate of infant mortality in Robeson County
• Helping pregnant mothers carry children full term
• Increase prenatal care in the first three months of pregnancy
• Decrease birth rates in teen pregnancy
• Increase care after birth of baby
• Decrease number of premature births
MISSION STATEMENT
To enhance the perinatal service system and improve
overall health outcomes for mothers and infants in
Robeson County.
MISSION
To Decrease the Infant Mortality Rate in Robeson
County.
Infant Mortality Rate in North Carolina & Robeson County
Residence Total Infant Total Rate Total Infant Total Rate Total Infant Total Rate
Deaths in Deaths in Deaths in
2001 2009 2016
North 1,005 8.5 1,006 7.9 873 7.2
Carolina
Robeson 22 10.4 29 13.6 11 6.2
County
* State Center for Health Statistics (SCHS)
COMMITTEE & STEERING BOARDS
• Community Action Network (CAN)
• Perinatal Health plan (statewide)
• Breastfeeding Committee for Robeson County
• Healthy Robeson
• Health Service Advisory Committee
• CoIIn Network for Pre-conception (statewide)
VALUES
• Improving Women’s Health
• Promote Quality Service
• Strengthen Family Resilience
• Achieve Collective Impact
DIRECTION & FUTURE FOR UNCP HEALTHY
START
• Decreasing Pre-term births in Robeson County
• Wants every pregnant mother to last at least 38 weeks.
• Continuing to decrease the infant mortality rate in
Robeson County
• Want to begin focusing on mothers with substance abuse
• High numbers of babies are testing positive for some type of drug when they
are born
REFERENCES
• . State Center for Health Statistics. North Carolina Infant Mortality Report Table for
2001, 2009, 2016. Retrieved from: https://schs.dph.ncdhhs.gov/
• Healthy Start Epic Center. Approaches. Retrieved from:
https://healthystartepic.org/healthy-start-implementation/healthy-start-
approaches/
