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Healthy Start

The Healthy Families Network (HFN) is a new consortium lead by San Antonio Healthy Start (SAHS) a program of the San Antonio Metropolitan Health District. Its mission is to strengthen community partnerships and linkages to support increased successful reproductive life planning among men and women of all ages in Greater San Antonio and Bexar County.

Vision
All babies will have an equal chance to live and thrive

Mission
To strengthen community partnerships and linkages to reduce infant mortality and support successful birth outcomes in Greater San Antonio and Bexar County

Goals

Create a sustained community network of invested partners
Conduct PPOR Analyses and other data collection and analyses activities to support and inform program and community interventions
Increase community capacity to address infant mortality and low-birth weight with individuals and families, including men, teens and young adults
Minimize barriers and gaps in structures that do not support/promote positive birth outcomes

Meeting Time/Date and Location
3rd Monday of each month - 11:30 am – 1:30 pm (lunch provided)
Texas Diabetes Institute
701 S. Zarzamora St. San Antonio, TX 78207-5209
(210) 358-7000

Meeting General Format
Networking and refreshments  11:30 – 12
Speaker presentation                 11:45 – 12
Workgroup updates                   12 – 12:15
Workgroup breakout                  12:40 – 1:00

Workgroup Activities
Workgroup 1: Perinatal Periods of Risk – Phase 2

Conducting data analysis of Fetal and Infant Deaths in Bexar County 2006-2009
Sets intervention priorities for the community based on risk factors and causes of fetal/infant deaths

Workgroup 2: Reproductive Life Planning Initiative

Developing a pilot intervention to expand the capacity of community agencies to conduct reproductive life planning within existing case management services across Bexar County
Established the original membership, vision, mission and goals of the Network

Workgroup 3: Texas Healthy Babies Initiative - HOPES Project

Planning and implementing a two year grant by DSHS to provide case management to women who have had a recent poor birth outcome through an evidence-based model
Replicates a successful project conducted in Denver, Colorado

Committee Opportunities
Committees provide oversight and communication between Work Groups

Ad-hoc – As opportunities become available, members are encouraged to participate in a committee
Cultural competence committee – the group examines the subject of racial disparities and its impact on health outcomes, evaluates workgroup activities for sensitivity related to the specific needs and disparities of ethnic, racial, age-specific and gender-specific populations
Infant mortality awareness – the group meets throughout the year to plan the activities surrounding the yearly infant mortality awareness month observance in september.

Community Partners and Memorandum of Understanding
Agencies/Organizations committed to HFN may sign a Memorandum of Understanding, which allows your logo to be added to HFN products.