Programs & Services:
Missouri Bootheel Healthy Start
Missouri Bootheel Healthy Start (MBHS) is an infant mortality reduction program designed to improve the quality of life for women, infants and families in the Missouri Bootheel communities.
Mission:
To create partnerships throughout the region and sustain the legacy of healthy babies, strong families and empowered communities.
MBHS serves as a governing body of community volunteers who combine local voices to have the greatest impact for change.
Missouri Bootheel Healthy Start was established in 1997 through a grant funded by the Healthy Start Initiative of the U.S. Department of Health and Senior Services, Maternal and Child Health Bureau. Missouri Bootheel Regional Consortium, Inc. is the fiscal agent (grantee) for this program.
6 Week Check-Up Card
Have your doctor fill out this card and return it to your case manager for a $25 Gift Card from Missouri Bootheel Healthy Start
Core Services:
• Outreach and Client Recruitment
• Case Management
• Health Education
• Interconceptional Care
• Depression Screening and Referral
Core Systems & Efforts:
• Local Health Systems Action Plan
• Regional Consortium
• Sustainability
• Collaboration & Coordination Linkages with Title V and Others
Activities, Workshops, Conferences:
• Low Birth Weight Partnership Initiative Conference and Obesity Conference
• Innovative public education campaigns on topics such as breastfeeding and secondhand smoke
• Professional Health conference and a host of other trainings
• Co-sponsors events with local community-based organizations
• Fatherhood First Program and Annual Motherhood Education Program
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