The MCH Information Resource Center (MCHIRC), funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau at the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), is pleased to announce the next program in the DataSpeak Series: Findings from Phase II of the National Healthy Start Evaluation.

One of the primary measures taken by the Government to address the continuing racial disparities in infant mortality and other adverse birth outcomes is the community-based Healthy Start program, funded by HRSA’s Maternal and Child Health Bureau.

The upcoming DataSpeak program will present the findings of Phase II of the national evaluation of Healthy Start, comprised of case studies of 8 local projects. The two Co-Principal Investigators, Deborah Klein Walker, EdD, Vice President of Abt Associates Program and Margo Rosenbach, PhD, Vice President of Mathematica Policy Research will discuss the study methods and unpublished results from the evaluation’s onsite staff interviews and participant survey.

This program will take place on Monday, June 2, 2008, at 3:00 p.m., EDT.

To register for this event, please go to DataSpeak registration. Once your registration is complete, you will receive the details on how to participate in the web conference.

To paraticipate, you will need the most updated version of Flash Player. To download the latest version, visit the Flash Player Download Center.

If you have any questions at all, please contact MCHIRC or call 202-842-2000.