Maternal, Infant and Child Health Data

Healthy Start legislation

The Healthy Start Coalition of Miami-Dade (HSCMD) promotes the health of pregnant women, infants and children through the analysis of trends in maternal and child health data and facilitates efforts aimed at developing strategies to improve maternal and child health outcomes through the compilation, review, and sharing of data.

The HSCMD is dedicated to the goal of helping local MICH practitioners and community stakeholders improve their capacity to gather, analyze, and use data for planning and policymaking. To this end, the HSCMD compiles and analyzes data; and prepares reports and community assessments that are geared toward framing and shaping the future of MICH in Miami-Dade County.

The sections herein include data on select maternal, infant and child health indicators, the HSCMD Needs Assessment, the HSCMD Healthy Start Program 2011-2015 Service Delivery Plan, and other relevant reports or data.

You may also visit Florida CHARTS, Florida Department of Health, Division of Public Health Statistics & Performance Management, website which houses an array of statistical data relating to all public health areas. You may click here, to be directly taken to this site.