| Healthy
Start
The Healthy Start Initiative, established in 1991 by
the Maternal and Child Health Bureau, provides community-based, culturally
competent,
family-centered, and comprehensive perinatal health services to women,
infants, and their families in communities with very high rates of infant
mortality.
Overview
of Healthy Start from the Promising Practices Network
Healthy
Start Materials
The MCH Library has many materials about the Healthy
Start Initiative in its general collection, including final reports
of individual
Healthy Start projects.
Complete list
Search for specific
topics
The Healthy
Start Collection Database, a specialized
database compiled by the Healthy Start National Resource Center (HSNRC),
is an online
catalog of over 2,000 items developed by Healthy Start sites,
including brochures,
bylaws, curricula, marketing materials, policies, and reports,
along with other material related to maternal and infant
health.
The HSNRC
was a special project funded by the Maternal
and Child Health Bureau at the National Center
for Education in Maternal and Child Health from 1997
to 2002. Members of the maternal and child health community
are
welcome to contact the
MCH Library for photocopies of most items.
Search the Healthy Start
Collection
Directory of Healthy Start Sites
National
Healthy Start Association Communications Directory
Utilization Indices
Overview
of Adequacy of Prenatal Care Utilization Index 
Adequacy
of Prenatal Care Utilization Index
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