National Healthy Start Association

2012 Spring Conference

The National Healthy Start Association (NHSA) invites you to join us for our 13th Annual Spring Conference on March 11-14, 2012 at the Hyatt Regency Washington on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. Online registration has closed; onsite registration will be available during the conference.

Check out the preliminary conference program!
Resource Guide

We are pleased to announce the release of our newest publication – The Social Emotional Development of Young Children: A Resource Guide for Healthy Start Staff. The guide was designed with 3 unique covers as a way to address diversity within communities. There are PDF copies of each available to download. We hope that you will find this resource guide useful and informative as you continue to work with parents to understand their child’s development – socially, emotionally and physically.
Celebrate 20 Years

In 2011, Healthy Start celebrates 20 years of improving infant mortality rates in the communities served. Saving Our Nation's Babies: The Impact of the Federal Healthy Start Initiative, our brand NEW publication, chronicles the birth of Healthy Start and NHSA and includes profiles and photographs for over 80 of the federally-funded Healthy Start Projects.The publication was released at a briefing on September 12 in Washington, DC. See the event photos here.

2012 Spring Conference

Online Registration has closed for the 13th Annual Spring Conference held at the Hyatt Regency on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC! Onsite Registration will be available. Check out our conference website for more details.

The preliminary conference program program is now available for review.

Healthy from the Start:
the NHSA Blog

January 23, 2010
National Birth Defects Prevention Month

Every day, NCBDDD’s National Birth Defects Prevention Study teaches us about exposures or other factors during pregnancy that might raise or lower the risk of having a baby with a birth defect. Through this important work, we’ve learned that women who take certain medications, are obese, have uncontrolled diabetes, smoke cigarettes, or drink alcohol during pregnancy increase their risk of having a baby born with a birth defect. We are turning this science into action, but we cannot do this alone.

Support NHSA! Discover the many ways to support the NHSA cause!

Join NHSA in its efforts to promote the development of MCH programs and increase awareness to the issues of infant mortality, low birthweight and disparities in perinatal health. NHSA members are composed of Healthy Start project directors, maternal and child health professionals, social workers, health care providers, community and outreach workers and other individuals concerned about the well-being of women and children.

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Newsletter Fall 2011
Raising the Bar as We Continue to Raise Awareness
The National Healthy Start Association and Healthy Start projects have been up to some exciting things in recent months. September was Infant Mortality Awareness Month, and 2011 marks the 20th Anniversary of the federal Healthy Start Initiative. NHSA recognized this anniversary with the creation
of Saving Our Nation’s Babies: The Impact of the Federal Healthy Start Initiative, a publication chronicling the birth of Healthy Start and NHSA that includes profiles and photographs for over 80 of the federally funded Healthy Start Projects.

2012 Spring Conference

Healthy from the Start: the NHSA Blog

Support NHSA! Discover the many ways to support the NHSA cause!

Healthy from the Start:
the NHSA Blog