Healthy Start Documents

The following publications provide information about goals, objectives, guidelines, and data about the activities that improve the health of mothers and babies in Florida. 

Assessment of the 2019 Florida Infant Risk Screening:  Implemented in 2012 Linked to Birth and Postneonatal Death Records

Assessment of the 2018 Florida Current Prenatal Risk Screening: Implemented in 2013 Linked to Birth Records

Assessment of the 2017 Florida Current Prenatal Risk Screening:  Implemented in 2013 Linked to Birth Records

Healthy Start Prenatal Screen - Risk scores are compared to rates of low birthweight (< 2500 grams) births and preterm (< 37 weeks gestational age) birth. It was found that higher risk scores are associated with higher rates of low birthweight and preterm birth.

Healthy Start Infant Screen - Risk scores are compared to rates of postneonatal death (death at age 28 to 364 days). It was found that higher risk scores are associated with higher rates of post neonatal death.

Summary of Healthy Start Infant Screening: Analysis 2011

Healthy Start Prenatal Screening: Sensitivity and Positive Rate Compared for the Revised 2008 Prenatal Screening Criteria Versus the 1994 Prenatal Screening Criteria.

Maternal characteristics of women who are screened and referred to the Florida Healthy Start Prenatal Program: Entry into the Healthy Start prenatal program can be based on risk score calculations using the Healthy Start prenatal risk screen or by provider/self-referral for factors other than prenatal screen risk score. Referrals that are not based on a calculated risk score are called Referrals Based on Other Factors (BOOF). This paper is an analysis of maternal characteristics of pregnant women that gain entry into Healthy Start through BOOF referrals, and a discussion of the implications of these findings concerning policy development, program planning, and implementation.

Factors Associated with Offer Rates: Healthy Start Prenatal Screen was designed to identify women at risk for delivering a low birth weight or preterm infant. The purpose of this analysis is to categorize women by risk of a low birth weight or preterm delivery and the probability of being offered a Healthy Start prenatal screen. This analysis found that some women who had high risk of a low birth weight or preterm delivery were not the most likely to be offered a Healthy Start prenatal screen.

Evaluation of the Healthy Start Prenatal Screen: Analyzes the association between the risk factors on the Healthy Start prenatal screening instrument, and the outcomes of low birth weight and preterm birth. It compares the results from the 1998 birth cohort to the results of a similar analysis conducted using the 1993 birth cohort. New risk factors were investigated for associations with low birth weight and preterm birth.

Birth Record to Develop a Screening Instrument: Used for infant mortality and morbidity.