Community Health Centers, Inc.

WELCOME to Community Health Centers, Inc.

HEALTHY START INITIATIVE

Central Oklahoma Healthy Start Initiative-(H4B)
A Service Site of Mary Mahoney Memorial Health Center

(H4B) promotes early entry into prenatal care, promotes education regarding available preventive health services for children from birth to 2 years of age, and works with the community toward the prevention of unintended pregnancy, especially among teens. Overall goal is to reduce infant death rates in targeted areas in Oklahoma County. The purpose of the program is to reduce or eliminate perinatal health disparities in Oklahoma County

Hours of Operation:

Mon., Wed., Thurs., and Friday, 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Tuesday, 8:00 a.m.- 5:00 p.m.

The Goals of HSI:

Encourage early prenatal care
Decrease low birth weights
Decrease the percentage of preterm infants
Reduce the rate of infant mortality
Reduce the number of teen pregnancies

Eligibility Requirements

Gave birth less than 24 months
Child under the age of two
Attempting to become pregnant
Currently pregnant
Expecting father or father of a child under the age of two

An Average Week In Oklahoma:

957 babies are born
150 babies are born to teen mothers (ages 15-19)
129 babies are born to mothers who receive inadequate prenatal care
71 babies are born low birth weight
112 babies are born preterm
8 babies die before their first birthday

Oklahoma ranks 6^thin the United States on infant mortality
The infant mortality rates for African Americans in our service area for every 1,000 live births, 16.8% of infants die

Definitions:

Fetal: Unborn, before the 8^th week of development
Neonatal: Immediate new born between 0-28 days
Infant: A child in its early age
Preterm: An infant born less than 37 weeks
Very Low Birth Weight: An infant born less than 3.3 pounds
Low Birth Rate: An infant 5.5 pounds or less at birth
Prenatal Mortality: Infant death rates before birth

H4B Services

Outreach
Care Managers
Health Education
Transportation
Care Access Referral Line (CARL)
Central Oklahoma Perinatal Coalition (COPC)

OUTREACH:

Identify people in need of perinatal and infant services and to refer them to community resources

CARE MANAGERS

Screen family for strengths and needs
Provide individualized service(s)
Assist families in planning goals and objectives
Link families to available community health care and social services

HEALTH EDUCATION

Inform and educate women, families, and communities on issues related to infant death, infant, child and perinatal health

CARE ACCESS REFERRAL LINE (CARL)

Oklahoma City and Oklahoma County resource and referral line
Assist low income families
Assist teen parents and their children

CENTRAL OKLAHOMA PERINATAL COALITION (COPC)

A Group of nonprofit organizations working together to:
- Improve access to health care
- Reduce perinatal health disparities
- Meet health and social service needs of women, infants, children and families

You Can Make A Difference
by sharing this information with others

• Parents

• Grandparents

• Aunts

• Uncles

• Friends

• Siblings

• Foster Parents

• Organizations

• Child Care

• Health Care

• Businesses

• Teachers

• Clergy

• Co-workers

Where to Receive Additional Information

Central Oklahoma Healthy Start Program and
Healthy Babies Begin Before Birth (H4B)
(405) 427-3200
Oklahoma State Department of Health
Maternal and Child Health Division
(405) 271-4480
Care Access Referral Line (CARL)
(405) 557-1100
National Healthy Start Association
(410) 544-1600
March of Dimes of Oklahoma
(405) 943-1025

Web Sites

Oklahoma State Department of Health, Maternal and Child Health Division
- WWW.HEALTH.STATE.OK.US
National Healthy Start Association
- WWW.HEALTHYSTARTASSOC.ORG
March of Dimes, Birth Defect Foundation
- WWW.MARCHOFDIMES.COM

You Make the Difference
Central Oklahoma Healthy Start Program

Healthy Babies Begin Before Birth (H4B)
3017 N. Martin Luther King Blvd.
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73111
(405) 427-3200