La inseguridad alimentaria durante el embarazo tiene importantes repercusiones a largo plazo en la salud de las madres y los bebés. Las madres tienen un mayor riesgo de padecer enfermedades crónicas y complicaciones durante el embarazo, y los bebés tienen más probabilidades de nacer antes de tiempo y con bajo peso.
The Nourishing Healthy Starts program provides pregnant women, all birthing people and their families with weekly fresh produce and grocery boxes, cooking classes, safety net enrollment assistance, and connections to community and medical resources. Together, these benefits prevent many of the health effects and high costs caused by food insecurity during pregnancy, such as chronic conditions and complications for mothers and long stays in neonatal intensive care units for infants.
90% of babies born to mothers who participated in the Nourishing Healthy Starts pilot program were delivered at a healthy birth weight. Read more about the initial phase of the NHS program in this report from 2021.
Alimentos frescos y apoyo
Para futuras mamás y sus familias
By providing nutrient-dense food, Nourishing Healthy Starts (NHS) is preventing many of the health effects and high costs caused by food insecurity during pregnancy. For example, NHS participants are less likely to have a low-birth-weight delivery compared to women enrolled in Medicaid in the St. Louis region. Deliveries for babies born underweight cost $44,000 more than babies delivered at a healthy weight. These infants are also at risk of being admitted to the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) which costs $76,000 on average per stay.
Comienzos saludables nutritivos
Componentes del programa
Nourishing Healthy Starts connects pregnant women, all birthing people and their families with nutritious foods and provides resources for a healthy household.
Entrega de comestibles y productos agrícolas
Las cajas semanales de productos y comestibles entregan productos frescos, proteínas, lácteos y cereales cultivados localmente.
Apoyo culinario y de cocina
Las clases de cocina, los tutoriales y la resolución de problemas ayudan a las familias a desarrollar habilidades y comodidad en la cocina.
Asistencia para la inscripción de la red de seguridad
All participants receive assistance enrolling in public nutrition programs such as SNAP and WIC, as needed.
Maternal Health Support
Las familias reciben ayuda para identificar y alcanzar sus objetivos junto con la coordinación de la atención y las conexiones con otros recursos de la comunidad.
Para mas informacion contacte Natasha.Woodard@OperationFoodSearch.org.
