Right! From the Start: Improving Maternal-Child Health in the Mississippi Delta

Authors

John J. Green, The University of MississippiFollow
Elizabeth Young Sweeney, The University of MississippiFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

5-10-2021

Abstract

Right! From the Start (R!FTS) was created nearly ten years ago as a collaborative effort between Women and Children Health Initiatives, Inc. and the Community Foundation of Northwest Mississippi with support from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation (WKKF). The immediate goal of the initiative was to raise breastfeeding rates for mothers and babies in vulnerable families, especially those with preterm and low weight births. A long-term goal was improvement of maternal and child health outcomes in a region plagued by socioeconomic and racial disparities, the Mississippi Delta. R!FTS has gone through three distinct phases of development, which are detailed in this article.

Relational Format

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Recommended Citation

Green, John J. and Sweeney, Elizabeth Young, "Right! From the Start: Improving Maternal-Child Health in the Mississippi Delta" (2021). Delta Directions: Publications. 36.
https://egrove.olemiss.edu/deltadirections_pub/36