Early Years
This is the year Healthy Start launched.
What is 1991?
In this year, Healthy Start was authorized by Congress as part of the Children's Health Act.
A) 1998 B) 2000 C) 2005
What is 2000?
These two groups are the focus of Healthy Start outcomes.
Who are women and infants?
This federal agency funds Healthy Start.
A) CDC B) HRSA C) NIH
What is HRSA?
These former participants help families access programs, resources, and support.
Who are Alumni Peer Navigators?
Healthy Start began with this many demonstration sites.
A) 10 B) 15 C) 22
What is 15?
True or False: Healthy Start began a new funding cycle in Years 2014-2025?
True
This remains the central mission of Healthy Start since its founding.
A) Improving prenatal care
B) Reducing infant mortality
C) Increasing breastfeeding rates
What is reducing infant mortality?
This membership organization was established in 1998 by Healthy Start Project Directors.
What is the National Healthy Start Association (NHSA)?
Healthy Start serves these four types of communities experiencing high adverse outcomes.
A) Urban, suburban, coastal, and mountain
B) Rural, urban, tribal, and border
C) Northern, southern, eastern, and western
What are rural, urban, tribal, and border communities?
Healthy Start aimed to reduce infant mortality by this percentage in 5 years.
What is 50%?
Healthy Start celebrated this anniversary in 2016.
A) 20 years B) 25 years C) 30 years
What is 25 years?
Starting in 2001, Healthy Start expanded to screen for this maternal mental health condition.
What is maternal depression?
This HRSA division leads and guides the Healthy Start program.
A) Division of Maternal Health Services
B) Division of Healthy Start and Perinatal Services
C) Division of Community Health Programs
What is the Division of Healthy Start and Perinatal Services (DHSPS)?
In 2019-2024, Healthy Start projects were funded in this many states plus DC and Puerto Rico.
What is 37?
President George H.W. Bush created this task force in 1989.
A) Task Force on Maternal Health
B) White House Task Force to Reduce Infant Mortality
C) National Infant Health Commission
B) What is the White House Task Force to Reduce Infant Mortality?
In 2021, Healthy Start celebrated this major anniversary.
What is 30 years?
The 2001-2005 cycle added a focus on promoting this type of family involvement.
A) Grandparent support B) Father involvement C) Sibling education
What is father involvement?
This group, formerly called Community Action Network, brings diverse voices together to advise Healthy Start.
What is the Community Consortium?
Launched in 2023, this enhanced program emphasizes addressing social determinants of health.
A) Healthy Start 4.0
B) Healthy Start Initiative – Enhanced (HSE)
C) Group-Based Education
What is the Healthy Start Initiative – Enhanced (HSE) Program?
This organization added and funded 7 special project sites to Healthy Start in 1994.
What is the March of Dimes?
This is how many Healthy Start projects were funded in 2019-2024.
A) 96 B) 101 C) 105
What is 101?
Healthy Start sites must have infant mortality rates at least this multiple of the U.S. national average.
What is 1.5 times?
This 2022 program supports data-driven strategies to reduce infant mortality disparities in specific counties.
A) Group-based Education
B) Catalyst
C) County Health Initiative
What is the Catalyst Program?
Group-based prenatal care helps reduce this pregnancy complication.
What is preterm birth?