Topic Areas
Maternal and child health
Priority Population
Families, Racial/ethnic minorities, Children/adolescents
Setting
Community-based organization, Healthcare
Healthy Families Sunset Park Program is an evidence-based, voluntary, and free of charge home visiting model designed to provide services to families located in 9 zip codes in South Brooklyn, starting prenatally or at birth, and continuing through age 5. The program matches every family with a home visitor who provides information and supportive services during pregnancy and early childhood. The program uses an infant mental health/relational development approach that promotes parent-child attachment to achieve the mission of preventing child abuse, neglect, and other adverse childhood outcomes. Services include educating families on parenting and child development, connecting families with medical providers, assessing children for developmental delays, and helping families to access community resources and services. Research shows that with these services, families have healthier babies, demonstrate better knowledge of parenting and child development, create more positive family bonds, develop connections to community services, and have children who do better in school.
Topic Areas
Maternal and child health
Priority Population
Families, Racial/ethnic minorities, Children/adolescents
Setting
Community-based organization, Healthcare
Years
2015-present
Principal Investigator or Program Director
Laura Ibanez-Gomez
Healthy Families Sunset Park Program is an evidence-based, voluntary, and free of charge home visiting model designed to provide services to families located in 9 zip codes in South Brooklyn, starting prenatally or at birth, and continuing through age 5. The program matches every family with a home visitor who provides information and supportive services during pregnancy and early childhood. The program uses an infant mental health/relational development approach that promotes parent-child attachment to achieve the mission of preventing child abuse, neglect, and other adverse childhood outcomes. Services include educating families on parenting and child development, connecting families with medical providers, assessing children for developmental delays, and helping families to access community resources and services. Research shows that with these services, families have healthier babies, demonstrate better knowledge of parenting and child development, create more positive family bonds, develop connections to community services, and have children who do better in school.
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