 Friday, May 10, 2024
U.S. Health and Human Services Administration awards continuation grant to Healthy Start program
 The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), through the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), recently awarded $1,100,000 to the Louisville Metro Department of Public Health and Wellness (LMPHW) for five years of funding to continue the Healthy Start program. The funding will support the health care and social needs of families in high-need communities to help improve community health and tackle disparities in maternal and infant health outcomes.
According to www.louhealthdata.com birth outcomes data:
- In the United States, Black women have the highest rate of preterm births, and their children face the greatest risk of infant mortality, compared to all other racial or ethnic groups.
- Black women experience preterm birth at rates almost 50% higher (14.8%) than that of White (9.5%) or Hispanic women (10.2%).
- The highest rates of infant mortality in Jefferson County are seen in the Downtown and Southwest Core market areas.
- Non-Hispanic Black infants were more likely than their counterparts to be born prematurely, with a low birthweight, or to die within the first year in Jefferson County, between the years of 2017-2021.
Healthy Start uses nurse case managers to connect families to prenatal care and other health care services, doulas, food assistance, emergency supplies, transportation to care, housing navigation, and other critical social supports.
Historically, LMPHW’s Healthy Start program has worked to reduce infant mortality rates and improve maternal health outcomes in five West Louisville ZIP codes: 40203, 40208, 40210, 40211, and 40212. However, with this new funding the program will shift and expand coverage to ZIP codes 40203, 40208, 40215, 40218, 40219, 40258, and 40272 which include the areas of Newburg, Valley Station, Pleasure Ridge Park, and Hazelwood. The program will continue to provide services to Portland, Park Hill, and Algonquin areas.
“Healthy babies start with healthy pregnancies,” said Connie Mendel. “Investing in ending health disparities works. Healthy Start families have significantly lower infant mortality when compared with their peers. We have also seen reductions in pre-term births and low birthweight babies."
In 2022 key outcomes of the Healthy Start program included:
- 80% of our participants reported breastfeeding their children
- 99% of participants were screened for depression and inter-partner violence
- Over 75% of participants reported dual-partner involvement
- Over 95% of participants had health insurance
- Over 80% had a usual source of medical care
People who are interested in taking part in the LMPHW Healthy Start program can learn more by calling 502-574-MOM1 (6661) or by visiting our website.
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Mental Health 101 provides mind, body
and soul approaches to healing
Each person feels differently following a traumatic event, whether it was physical, emotional or sexual abuse, domestic violence, neglect, a natural disaster, medical trauma, loss of a loved one or another tragedy. Mental Health 101: Catch It, Check It and Change It Training and Resource Fair will feature speaker Nannette Dix at 10 a.m. on Saturday, May 18 at Antioch Baptist Church, 3315 Dixie Hwy. The event is free and open to the public.
In this workshop, you will learn the Four Rs (Realization; Recognize; Respond; Resist) of trauma-informed care and its six guiding principles. It will also provide mind, body and soul approaches to healing and promoting mental, spiritual and physical health.
Nannette Dix is manager of the Trauma Resilient Communities. She holds a Master’s degree in Social Work with a specialization in Alcohol and Drug Treatment and Addiction.
To register for the free training, please contact Jackie Love at Jackie.Love@louisvilleky.gov by May 16th.
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YMCA offers free Safety Around Water
clinics at all area branches
 The YMCA of Greater Louisville will offer free Safety Around Water clinics May 16-19, in alignment with National Learn How to Swim Day on Saturday, May 18. Additional clinics will be held in June and July.
To learn more about these clinics and how to register, visit ymcalouisville.org.
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