Press Releases
20 Years of Federal Healthy Start Celebrated in New Publication
September 12, 2011
Washington, DC - Today at a National Press Club briefing, the National Healthy Start Association (NHSA) released its newest publication, Saving Our Nation's Babies: The Impact of the Federal Healthy Start Initiative. The publication tells the story of Healthy Start from its inception in 1991, initiated as a five-year demonstration project with 15 urban and rural projects funded, to its current successes 20 years later with 105 federally-funded Healthy Start projects in 39 states, Puerto Rico and the District of Columbia.
National Healthy Start Association Commemorates National Infant Mortality Awareness Month
September 1, 2011
Washington, DC - September is National Infant Mortality Awareness Month, a time to increase awareness of factors that contribute to infant mortality and urge community leaders to assist in efforts to meet the objective of reducing the rate of infant mortality in this country. Last September, National Healthy Start Association (NHSA) launched a new Infant Mortality Awareness campaign, Celebrate Day 366...Every Baby Deserves a Chance.Throughout the month of September, NHSA promotes the effectiveness of ongoing programs and efforts implemented to reduce infant deaths, low-birth weight, pre-term births and disparities in perinatal outcomes. The Celebrate Day 366...Every Baby Deserves a Chance campaign supports and inspires people from around the nation to take action in support of the Healthy People 2020 goal to improve the health and well-being of women, infants, children and families.
State-Local Teams Chosen to Participate in Partnership to Eliminate Disparities in Infant Mortality
August 30, 2011
Three leading maternal and child health organizations maintain their commitment to addressing disparities in infant mortality. With the mission of working to increase capacity at community, state and local levels to address the impact of racism on birth outcomes and infant health, the Partnership to Eliminate Disparities in Infant Mortality has announced the selection of five new state-local collaborative teams.
Saving Our Nation's Babies: Impact of the Federal Healthy Start Initiative
August 25, 2011
September is National Infant Mortality Awareness Month and this year also marks the 20th Anniversary of the Federal Healthy Start Initiative. To commemorate the month and celebrate 20 years of accomplishments, the National Healthy Start Association (NHSA) is holding a briefing to highlight the work of three Healthy Start projects who have demonstrated a reduction in their community's infant deaths, low-birth weight, pre-term births and disparities in perinatal outcomes. NHSA will also release its newest publication at the briefing, which focuses the work of the overall Initiative and the Association.
Healthy Start Projects Compete in National Contest to Help Pregnant Women and New Mothers
May 10, 2011
WASHINGTON, DC -- In honor of Mother's Day and National Women's Health Week, National Healthy Start Association (NHSA) announced today its participation in the text4baby State Enrollment Contest, a national competition to enroll pregnant women and new mothers in the text4baby program.
National Healthy Start Association (NHSA) hosting 12th Annual Spring Conference
March 4, 2011
WASHINGTON, DC - The National Healthy Start Association (NHSA) will be hosting their 12th Annual Spring Conference themed, Healthy Start 20 Years and Beyond: Improving the Health of Families, March 6-9 at the Hyatt Regency Washington on Capitol Hill.
