Transcription of TRansformed Healthy Start Program Evaluation Plan
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1 TRansformed Healthy Start Program Evaluation plan Program DESCRIPTION Improving pregnancy outcomes for women and children is one of the nation s top priorities. The infant mortality rate (IMR) is a widely used indicator of the nation s health. In 2013, the IMR was infant deaths per 1,000 live births. However, racial-ethnic disparities persist and in the same year, the IMR for infants born to non-Hispanic black mothers was , more than double the non-Hispanic white IMR of (Matthews, et al. 2015). The Healthy Start (HS) Program was created to address factors that contribute to the high IMR, particularly among African-American and other minority groups. The Program began in 1991 as a demonstration project with 15 grantees and has expanded over the past two decades to 100 grantees in 37 states and Washington, DC. The HS Program is administered by the Division of Healthy Start and Perinatal Services (DHSPS) within the Maternal and Child Health Bureau (MCHB) at the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA).
evaluation aims and the data collection and analysis activities of the current evaluation, the MCHB evaluation team worked with ORE to develop a logic model for the HS evaluation plan.
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