Program
Baby Basics Program
Click on the 4 icons below to see how the program works in different settings.
what: Baby Basics Community Impact
The whole is greater than the sum of its parts. The Baby Basics framework helps agencies and programs stay on the same page, bringing in existing and unexpected partners to create a network of support and a change that lasts far beyond pregnancy.
who: Baby Basics Community Impact
- people
- Healthcare providers (doctors, midwives, nurses)
- Health educators
- Home visitors
- Doulas
- Promontoras
- Patient navigators
- WIC counselors
- Volunteers
- Literacy educators
- Parenting educators
- Clerical staff
- Clinical staff
- QI staff
- Community health workers
- Moms and dads
- Social workers
- Perinatal depression support
- Business leaders
- places
- Healthcare centers
- Churches
- Libraries
- Home
- Community centers
- High schools
- Community colleges
- HMOs
- Prisons
- DOH (department of health)
- DOE (dept of education)
- DOJs (justice)
- DOTs (transportations)
- DOH (housing)
- programs
- NFP (nurse family partnership)
- Healthy start
- Fatherhood initiatives
- Early head start
- Healthy families
- Sister friends
- Migrant worker programs
- Medicaid prenatal ed programs
- Centering pregnancy
- Medical home
- Quality improvement
- WIC (women infants and children, food stamps, checks)
- ESL
how: Baby Basics Community Impact
The What to Expect Foundation has gotten pretty good at understanding the many community systems that should work together (and unfortunately we can spot the symptoms of partnerships gone wrong). We are helping to pollinate new ways to bring communities together. Want to start something? So do we, give us a call.
what: Baby Basics Quality Improvement Coaching (QuIC) Program
Hospitals, health centers and practices across the country have received Baby Basics coaching to integrate evidence-based materials, health literacy strategies, and an adapted prenatal, planned care model into their existing programs. From the receptionist greeting pregnant moms at the door to the nurses and doctors in clinic, Baby Basics puts everyone in the pregnancy care continuum on the same page, joining forces and streamlining information to provide compassionate, evidence-based care for the new mom.
Baby Basics Upstate New York Case Studywho: Baby Basics Quality Improvement Coaching (QuIC) Program
- people
- Healthcare providers (doctors, midwives, nurses)
- Health educators
- Patient navigators
- WIC counselors
- Volunteers
- Clerical staff
- Clinical staff
- QI staff
- Perinatal depression support
- places
- Healthcare centers
- Prisons
- programs
- Centering pregnancy
- Medical home
- Quality improvement
- WIC (women infants and children, food stamps, checks)
how: Baby Basics Quality Improvement Coaching (QuIC) Program
A brief staff orientation, (and a short on-line CME/CNE training) followed by on-going coaching support helps health centers integrate (and innovate) with Baby Basics and health literacy strategies. Coaching helps everyone bring their strengths to supporting pregnant moms - from the receptionist to the administrators, to the providers.
what: One-On-One Health Education
Pregnancy is the most teachable of moments. Baby Basics helps home visitors, health educators, high school counselors, social workers and other health care advocates all over the country use pregnancy as an opportunity to inspire women to seek information, ask questions, and take charge of their future. Think cliché - Instead of giving moms a fish - give them Baby Basics and teach them how to fish!
Baby Basics Cleveland Studywho: One-On-One Health Education
- people
- Health educators
- Home visitors
- Doulas
- Promontoras
- Patient navigators
- WIC counselors
- Volunteers
- Community health workers
- Social workers
- Perinatal depression support
- places
- Healthcare centers
- Home
- High schools/comm college
- HMOs
- DOH (department of health)
- Prisons
- programs
- NFP (nurse family partnership)
- Healthy start
- Fatherhood initiatives
- Early head start
- Healthy families
- Sister friends
- Migrant worker programs
- Medicaid prenatal ed programs
how: One-On-One Health Education
The Baby Basics Program is so much more than a book, or a curriculum. Our Health Education Training and on-going TA is a "game changer." For two days we get together to learn how to learn, not teach how to teach. No PowerPoint. No lectures. Remember how much fun it is when you learn new stuff with friends? Our hands-on approach to education gives you skills, tools and a mission to help women want to learn.
what: Baby Basics Moms Clubs
What do pregnant women want most? To talk to and learn from other pregnant women! That's why we created Baby Basics Moms Clubs. A chance for moms to get support, information and self-actualization through the power of friendship and community. Facilitated (not led) by trained educators, Moms Clubs nurture empowerment through camaraderie, a key component to healthy pregnancies.
Baby Basics Southwest Virginia Case Studywho: Baby Basics Moms Clubs
- people
- Health educators
- Home visitors
- Literacy educators
- Parenting educators
- Community health workers
- Moms and dads
- Social workers
- Perinatal depression support
- places
- Healthcare centers
- Churches
- Libraries
- Home
- Community centers
- High schools/comm college
- programs
- NFP (nurse family partnership)
- Healthy start
- Fatherhood initiatives
- Early head start
- Healthy families
- Sister friends
- Migrant worker programs
- Medicaid prenatal ed programs
- Centering pregnancy
- Medical home
- Quality improvement
- WIC (women infants and children)
- ESL
how: Baby Basics Moms Clubs
The 2-Day Baby Basics Health Education Training is a big "Moms Club". We facilitate, not lead, as groups of practitioners work together to learn -- how to use our materials, curriculum and experiential based philosophy of education. We provide on-going help as you or your community plan, implement and promote Moms Clubs.
Strengthening Existing Programs for Maximum Impact
We designed Baby Basics to bolster pregnancy programs already in existence and to help all types of caregivers provide consistent, understandable information to pregnant moms in need. Just as no two moms are alike, we work with each site individually to customize a Baby Basics Program that meets its unique population and setting needs.
Anyone who helps pregnant women can benefit from our strategies for helping moms access information and care, and for learning skills women need to become advocates for their own health and that of their families. With our training, technical assistance and evaluation tools you can easily implement a Baby Basics Program using a health literacy approach.
That program could include:
- Using Baby Basics materials in the exam room
- integrating Baby Basics materials into home visits and health education
- Employing health literacy strategies for communicating with low-literate patients
- Using the planner to coordinate care among different providers of services
- Promoting principles of adult literacy and English as a Second Language education as applied to prenatal education in a Baby Basics Program
- Using the Baby Basics Curriculum in groups or one-on-one
- Building a Baby Basics Community—a partnership for planning, implementing, and evaluating strategies—to create collective impact
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Did You Know
It’s working! Evaluation shows that Baby Basics increases a mother’s satisfaction with her care, as well as the likelihood that she will follow her provider’s recommendations, take care of herself, and go to her postpartum appointment.
