Improving Healthy Birth Weights

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Garrett County Health Department’s Early Care Programs System of Care provides free voluntary home visitation services to families and children prenatally and up to age 5. Additionally, the program offers a free “Warm Line” service, which is a phone number families can call to speak to a Registered Nurse to ask questions about their family/health concerns . The program focus includes babies born healthy and healthy children and has set goals of increasing healthy birth weights and babies born full term. Program services are provided to empower parents to give their children the best beginning in life!

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Health Improvement Strategy

Improving Healthy Birth Weights

https://mygarrettcounty.com/groups/improving-health-birth-weights/

Goal:

To help mothers enrolled in the program during pregnancy to deliver a baby that weighs 5.5 pounds or more.

Strategy Description:

1. Mothers enrolled prenatally in Healthy Families home visiting will receive health promotion and education during pregnancy on topics to promote a healthy pregnancy to include prevention of preterm labor, warning signs during pregnancy, nutrition, and babies born healthy. 2. Mothers enrolled prenatally in Healthy Families home visiting will be linked to a primary care provider to receive early and consistent prental care. 3. Mothers enrolled prentally in Healthy Families home visiting will be linked to medical insurance during and after pregnancy. 4. Mothers enrolled prenatall in Healthy Families home visiting will be sreened for emotional wellness. 5. Mothers enrolled prenatall in Healthy Families home visiting will receive Healthy Moms/Healthy Babies information. 6. Mothers enrolled prenatally in Healthy Families home visiting will receive education on good oral hygiene to prevent preterm labor. 7. Mothers enrolled prenatally in Healthy Families home visiting will be linked to nutritional resources (WIC, SNAP, food bank, ect.). 8. Mothers enrolled prenatally in Healthy Families home visiting will receive education on substance free pregnancy. 9.  Early Care Program makes contact with pregnant women throughout the county and offers education on healthy pregnancy and full- term delivery.    

Level of Change:

Programs

Primary Focus Area:

Maternal, Child, and Adolescent Health

Data Category Tag:

GCHD Early Care Programs

Strategic Planning Alignment:

Estimated Implementation Date:

2017-07-01

Estimated Completion Date:

2022-06-30

Estimated Ease of Implementation:

Very Easy

Estimated Cost of Implementation:

Very Low

Potential Community Benefit:

Very High

Health Equity:

Research:

Babies born with low birth weights (below 2,500 grams or below 5.5 pounds): This is one of the 39 measures from The SHIP and is located under the Focus Area of Healthy Beginnings. Current Data 2014→8.6% below healthy birth weight- Maryland out of 73,588 births 2014→10.6% below healthy birth weight- Garrett County out of 284 births 2015→ 8.6% below healthy birth weight- Maryland out of 73,544 births 2015→ 8.2% below healthy birth weight- Garrett County out of 294 births (Data Source: https://health.maryland.gov - Maryland Annual Vital Statistics 2014 and 2015 Annual Reports; and https://healthy.maryland.gov/SHIP) Goal (SHIP) less than 8% of babies will be born below healthy birth weights (less than 2,500 grams or less than 5.5 pounds) (Data Source: https://healthy.maryland.gov/SHIP) Healthy People 2020 Goal less than 7.8% of babies will be born below healthy birth weights (less than 2,500 grams of less than 5.5 pounds) (Data Source: https://health.maryland.gov/SHIP) Number of Births Per Year in Garrett County, Maryland Current Data CY 2016- 311 Births CY 2015- 294 Births CY 2014- 284 Biths (Data Source: https://health.maryland.gov)

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Contributing Community Participants

Lindsay, Torey Moats, Natasha, Christie Cameron, Lacy Coffren, Juli McCoy, Juliet Sanders, Erin Marsh, jessica howard, Carrie Hook, Mary Johnson, Jennifer VanPelt, Tricia, Christine, Lindsey Bernal, Dierdre Shue, Maria Friend, Alisha Plessinger, Bob Stephens, Carol Bass, Karen Matthews, bonnie tichnell, Karen George, Jennifer Lee-Steckman, Kathy Powell, joanne roberts, Jennifer Hare, Shelley Argabrite, Teresa Friend, HEATHER BERG, Debra House, bonnie paugh, Marcia Ashby, Marilyn Kight, Theresa Cavalier, Bev Tucker, linda welch RN.BSN, Debbie Durben, Karen Keefer, Tracy Savage, Michelle Ford, Christinia Kemper, Fred Polce, Melina Manley, Kimberly Hawes, Katie Welch, Jodi Roberson, John Corbin, Earleen Beckman,

Measurements Target Goal Status Desired Trend Contributor January 2017 February 2017 March 2017 April 2017 May 2017 June 2017 July 2017 August 2017 September 2017 October 2017 November 2017 December 2017 January 2018 February 2018 March 2018 April 2018 May 2018 June 2018 July 2018 August 2018 September 2018 October 2018 November 2018 December 2018 January 2019 February 2019 March 2019 April 2019 May 2019 June 2019 July 2019 August 2019 September 2019 October 2019 November 2019 December 2019 January 2020 February 2020 March 2020 April 2020 May 2020 June 2020 July 2020 August 2020 September 2020 October 2020 November 2020 December 2020 January 2021 February 2021 March 2021 April 2021 May 2021 June 2021 July 2021 August 2021 September 2021 October 2021 November 2021 December 2021 January 2022 February 2022 March 2022 April 2022 May 2022 June 2022 July 2022 August 2022 September 2022 October 2022 November 2022 December 2022 January 2023 February 2023 March 2023 April 2023 May 2023 June 2023 July 2023 August 2023 September 2023 October 2023 November 2023 December 2023 January 2024 February 2024 March 2024 April 2024 May 2024 June 2024 July 2024 August 2024 September 2024 October 2024 November 2024 December 2024
% of Healthy Birth Weights for HFGC Enrolled Mothers 90 Active Increase 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 83 100 100 100 100 100 100 67 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 50 88 100 67 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 66 100 100 100 50 100 100 67 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 33 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 60 86 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100
% of HFGC Enrolled Prenatal Mothers Screened for Emotional Wellness 95 Active Increase 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100
% of Prenatal HFGC Enrolled Mothers Receiving Healthy Moms Healthy Baby Education 95 Active Increase 100 100 100 80 67 100 50 100 0 100 100 100 50 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100
% of HFGC Enrolled Postpartum Mothers Receiving Adequate/ + Prenatal Care 75 Active Increase 50 100 100 100 67 100 100 100 100 100 100 50 100 100 100 100 100 83 75 33 100 75 100 33 67 100 100 100 67 100 33 100 100 33 100 100 67 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 67 100 100 100 67 33 100 0 50 100 100 100 100 100 67 0 0 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 71 100 100 100 100 100 100 50
# of HFGC Births Per Quarter 6 Active Increase 3 9 6 11 4 7 12 9 8 8 6 6 8 5 3 3 9 6 7 5 4 6 7 7 16 7 2 1 3
# of HFGC Healthy Birth Weights Per Quarter 4 Active Increase 3 9 5 11 4 7 12 9 8 8 6 5 7 5 3 100 89 83 86 100 80 83 100 7 13 7 2 1 3
# Program Referrals Received Per Year- Additive 204 Active Increase 17 38 53 79 99 117 136 159 179 210 227 255 36 53 77 90 102 120 147 166 189 207 225 232 24 39 64 85 113 127 148 159 170 184 200 217 32 55 70 91 107 132 144 163 179 208 232 245 20 39 63 90 117 134 158 173 189 209 229 242 23 45 61 97 111 128 151 171 196 228 237 266 16 36 59 80 94 117 135 148 162 184 196 213 22 39 54
# Program Referrals Received Per Month 17 Active Increase 22 16 15 26 20 18 19 23 20 31 17 28 36 17 24 13 12 18 27 19 23 18 18 6 24 15 25 21 28 14 21 11 11 14 16 17 32 23 15 21 16 25 12 19 16 29 24 13 20 19 24 27 27 17 24 15 16 20 20 13 23 22 16 36 14 17 23 20 25 27 14 29 16 20 23 21 14 23 18 13 14 22 12 17 22 17 15
# Program Referral Contacts Per Month 90 Active Increase 30 40 38 64 60 43 24 106 145 202 158 162 134 175 123 166 90 84 187 133 110 73 106 95 118 38 97 128 116 84 181 109 125 112 98 117 131 158 211 191 139 137 124 125 315 320 266 154 210 226 266 272 257 299 209 226 184 152 154 64 106 61 50 135 85 150 113 189 155 146 104 64 72 156 98
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Data Narrative

Measure #5 and #6 (# of HFGC Births per Quarter and # HFGC Healthy Birth Weights per Quarter) data is entered every 3 months. Measure # 7 (# of Program Referrals per Year) is an annual measure of the number of referrals received into the program for services.  Calculation begins July 1st and ends June 30th. Data collection starts over for the next year beginning July 1st. June 2024 Birth Data intentionally blank due to no births this month.

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