Greater Harlem Healthy Start – Harlem Community Action Network (HCAN)

Janice Minott, HCAN Manager 1

Northern Manhattan Perinatal Partnership

Healthy Start Regional Meeting Hilton Garden Inn New York/ Staten Island July 17-19, 2017

Greater Harlem Healthy Start (HCAN) Goals:

Bring together community providers and stakeholders in a unified manner

to help create fundamental community and systems change.

The focus is not only in the Maternal Child Health arena but in the

community at large.

The HCAN advocates to mobilize us toward taking specific actions, and to

create and implement solutions together or to benefit of the greater good.

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Highlights: 1. Community Awareness Day: September 22nd, 2016

o Press Release

o Resolution

2. Challenges: New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA)

o Accessing clients from NYCHA development

o Healthy Mom and Healthy Baby: November 12th, 2016

3. Effective Recruitment and Retention Strategies:

Strategy #1: Incentives

o The Safe Sleep Champion Project, Grandparents Recruitment in collaboration with Department of Health: June 7th, 2017

o Storks Nest at Harlem Hospital Center

Strategy #2: Fun Events and Activities

o Power Mom Meet and Greet Orientation/Open Closet: January 20th, 2017

o Potluck: April 21st, 2017

o Trip to Bronx Zoo: July 26th, 2017

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HCAN &

Sudden Infant and Child Death (SICD) Resource Center

Community Awareness Day – September 22nd, 2016

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- Community Advocacy Day to highlight the issues of

Infant Mortality, Maternal Mortality and Safe Sleep

Practices. Advocate and spread awareness of these

issues in community.

- Submission of Safe Sleep Resolution to City Council

- Remarks by Elected Officials & Community

Leaders such as Congressman Charles Rangel,

Senator Bill Perkins, Athena Moore, Director of the

Northern Manhattan Office, Office of Manhattan

Borough President

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Senator Perkins with Healthy Start Moms and babies Senator Perkins and

Athena Moore

NMPP Staff with mom and baby

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Press Release: September 22, 2016

“First Annual Community Awareness Day”

“Issues: Infant Mortality, Maternal Mortality and Safe Sleep”

“The Sudden Infant and Child Death Resource Center, reports that 109 babies died between 2013 and 2016 of sleep related accidents”

“to empower and educate not just parents and caregivers but professionals in our healthcare systems to eliminate these deaths”

“highlight the importance of mom’s health and wellbeing”

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Press Release: September 22, 2016

“According to a recent Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) Report, “Black and non-Hispanic women were 12 times more likely than white non-Hispanic women to die from pregnancy-related causes between 2006 and 2010”

”We are grateful for the presence of State Senator Bill Perkins; Ms. Athena Moore, Director of the Northern Manhattan Office, Office of Manhattan Borough President Gail Brewer; Sharon Marshall- Taylor, Maternal Health Manager, Women’s Health Suites/ Neighborhood Health Action Center, and Khusbu Srivastava Director of Special Projects from the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene for their leadership and support”

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Page 1 of Resolution recognizing “September as National Infant Mortality

Awareness Month”

Resolution was submitted to NYC Council Women’s

Issue Committee

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Page 2 of Resolution recognizing “September as National Infant Mortality

Awareness Month”

Resolution was submitted to NYC Council Women’s

Issue Committee

Challenges:

Accessing clients from NYCHA Development

Retaining providers, especially if they do not have a specific maternal child health mission

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Challenge: Reaching Hard-to-Reach Communities

“Healthy Mom Healthy Baby” On Saturday November 12th,

2016 the NMPP put on a Healthy Mom Healthy Baby event in the Polo Grounds Community Center

This event was one of several planned out of a partnership between NMPP and the New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) in order to bring services to the underserved.

NYCHA Leaders very responsive, indicate that they need our services however the event had low turn out for pregnant and mom’s of children under 2

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Effective Recruitment and Retention Strategy

Strategy #1a: Incentives The Safe Sleep Champion Project,

Grandparents Recruitment in collaboration with Department of

Health: June 7th, 2017 Stipend, MetroCard, Gift

Cards, & Giveaways were provided

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Effective Recruitment and Retention Strategy

Strategy #1b: Incentives • Stork’s Nest at Harlem

Hospital Center • Workshop on how to live a

healthy pregnancy lifestyle and give babies a healthy

start in life

Free baby products

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Effective Recruitment and Retention Strategy

Strategy #2a: Fun Event and Activities

• Meet and Greet/ Open Closet Event

• Mom’s were divided into groups to discuss and give

feedback on program activities and events that they

would like to see happen.

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Effective Recruitment and Retention Strategy

Strategy #2b: Fun Event and Activities

• One of the activities that Power Moms picked was

POTLUCK PARTY • Incentive: Free Baby

Supplies

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Healthy Start Moms at Power Moms Potluck Event

Effective Recruitment and Retention Strategy

Strategy #2c: Fun Event and Activities

• Other activities that the Power Moms gave

feedback on included zoos and museums

fieldtrips. • Field Trip planned for JULY

26th, 2017.

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Questions? Janice Minott, Manager

Greater Harlem Healthy Start Harlem Community Action Network (HCAN) Northern Manhattan Perinatal Partnership P. 212 665 2600 ext.350 F. 212 665 1842 janice.minott@nmppcares.org

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