All participants are linked interconceptional care services with a focus on education, counseling and services in three primary areas: chronic disease management, mental health and substance abuse treatment and counseling, and reduction of reproductive health risks.
Healthy Start also provides linkage to screening for a wide variety of health conditions and promotes the use of clinical preventive services , including: well-woman visits, screening for gestational diabetes, human papilloma virus HPV testing, counseling and screening for sexually transmitted diseases STDs including human immune deficiency virus HIV , perinatal depression, contraceptive methods and counseling, breastfeeding support, supplies and counseling, and screening and counseling for interpersonal and domestic violence.
For young children, Healthy Start program staff provide both immunizations and socio-emotional and developmental screenings. Finally, the Healthy Start Program provides linkage and referral services to additional substance abuse and mental health treatment programs at SHIELDS and other community-based providers, as well as linkage to our collaborative networks that provide housing, food, clothing, and transportation for those in need.
Francis Medical Center as well as a wide range of public and private health care providers comprising the Community Action Network CAN , composed of neighborhood residents, consumers, medical providers, social service agencies, faith-based representatives and the business community.
In addition, the CAN is actively engaged in advocacy efforts that focus on informing policy and regulations that assist in improving the health and well-being of pregnant and postpartum substance abusing women and their children. CAN members include St. Accomplishments and Recognition. Healthy Start. Alameda St. East Compton, CA Kathryn Icenhower has written an article, focused on Family-Centered Treatment and detailing Healthy Start data, for a forthcoming book published by the United Nations.
Family Services Welcome Baby. Home Visitation. Child Development Centers. Family Preservation. The project seeks to find, enroll and provide interventions to previously unserved women, who bear a disproportionate share of adverse birth outcomes. The job activities for the HBHC outreach workers include finding women who are pregnant and linking them to a prenatal case management program.
The outreach has been conducted on the street and in store fronts, in schools and in health clinics and within social service agencies. The majority of the target unserved women have been found within the service system. The results point to the need to develop better mechanisms for coordination between service providers Outreach services in North Lawndale are provided by Westside Association for Community Action and in Austin by Westside Health Authority.
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