Comprehensive Evaluation of Hawaii's Healthy Start Program.

Autor/inn/en	Duggan, Anne K.; Buchbinder, Sharon B.; Fuddy, Loretta; Sia, Calvin; Young, Elizabeth
Institution	Johns Hopkins Univ., Baltimore, MD.; Hawaii State Dept. of Health, Honolulu.; Hawaii Medical Association, Honolulu.
Titel	Comprehensive Evaluation of Hawaii's Healthy Start Program.
Quelle	(1996), (9 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	At Risk Persons; Child Abuse; Child Neglect; Early Intervention; Family Needs; Family Programs; Home Programs; Housing; Job Placement; Mental Health; Mothers; Needs Assessment; Neonates; Paraprofessional Personnel; Participant Characteristics; Hawaii + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Risikogruppe; Abuse of children; Abuse; Child; Children; Kindesmissbrauch; Missbrauch; Kind; Kinder; Kindesvernachlässigung; Family program; Familienprogramm; Unterkunft; Employment service; Employment services; Arbeitsvermittlung; Psychohygiene; Mother; Mutter; Bedarfsermittlung; Neugeborenes Kind; Laienhelfer
Abstract	This conference paper discusses the results of a study that investigated the characteristics and needs of mothers participating in Hawaii's Healthy Start Program (HSP). The HSP is a screening and outreach program with two components: (1) the early identification component, which consists of community-based screening to identify newborns at environmental risk for child abuse and neglect and (2) the Home Visiting component, which consists of in-home counseling by trained paraprofessionals. The evaluation focused on six geographically defined communities on Oahu that are served by HSP program sites and included a sample of 664 participants. Results indicated: (1) most mothers qualify for the state's health coverage program, which is targeted to low-income families; (2) half of the mothers received WIC while pregnant; (3) 18 percent reported problems with their current living situation; (4) 20 percent reported they will need help finding a job or work training; (5) 40 percent reported needing help arranging child care to return to work or school; and (6) 95 percent of the mothers were classified as being in poor mental health. (Contains 22 references.) (CR)
Anmerkungen	For full text: http://rtckids.fmhi.usf.edu/Proceed9th/9thprocindex.htm.
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC