Strategic Initiatives - Delaware Thrives

Delaware Healthy Mother and Infant Consortium

OUR STRATEGIC PLAN

The DHMIC pursues the health of women, infants and families through a lifecourse approach. Lifecourse is a way of thinking and doing. Our approach includes planning WITH community; thinking holistically about women’s health and addressing inter-generational health. We support a continuum of services promoting optimal health from birth throughout the lifespan, from one generation to the next.

My Life, My Plan Teen

My Life, My Plan Teen educates teens about key health and life planning topics to help them make personal choices. The choices that teens make will affect the course of their lives.

My Life, My Plan Women

The Education and Prevention Committee of DHMIC developed My Life, My Plan Women to provide a fun and interactive way to help them make healthy decisions and set goals and plans for their future, especially when it comes to their reproductive health.

Do the Math / Men’s Outreach

Men have a vital role to play in the health of families and communities. The goal of men’s’ outreach is to ensure that young men of reproductive age are equipped to make healthy, positive choices about their health and fathering children.

Preconception Peer Education Program (PPE)

The PPE Program uses peer education as a teaching tool to educate fellow college students about healthy behaviors and the social determinants of health that impact health disparities.

Healthy Women, Healthy Babies 2.0

HWHB 2.0 is a restructuring of the program initiated in 2019 to shift emphasis more to the social determinants of health along with the delivery of quality health care, prevention and treatment.

DE CAN

Delaware CAN (Contraceptive Access Now) is a partnership between Upstream and the state of Delaware aimed at reducing the rate of unintended pregnancy.

Preconception COIIN

The Preconception COIIN grant is working to improve the preconception health status of women of reproductive age, particularly low-income women and women of color through the well-woman visit.

Well-Woman Initiative

Every Woman, Every Time Delaware: The Well-Woman Initiative strives to ensure women of reproductive age receive at least one annual comprehensive preventive well woman visit.

Social Determinants of Health

The aim of Healthy Women Healthy Baby Zones: Strategies to Address the Social Determinants of Health is to build state and local capacity and test small scale innovative strategies to shift the impact of social determinants of health tied to root causes related to infant mortality.

Birth Spacing

Birth Spacing is the practice of waiting between pregnancies. A woman’s body needs to rest following pregnancy. After having a baby, it is a good idea to wait at least 18 months before getting pregnant again to maintain the best health for her body and her children.

Kicks Count

The Kicks Count initiative focuses on the distribution of Kicks Count Toolkits to provider practices throughout Delaware to reduce stillbirths.

Delaware Perinatal Quality Collaborative

The primary goal of the DPQC is to foster collaboration to improve the quality of care for mothers and babies in Delaware.

Black Maternal Health Awareness

By protecting the health of black mothers and infants, DHMIC is spreading the conversation about the disparity gap for African American women and their infants.

Safe Sleep

The Delaware Safe Sleep campaign provides tips, resources, opinions, and social media resources for families, health care providers, and community leaders. Save lives and help make sure that ALL of Delaware’s babies thrive!