Health Equity
HealthySteps Advances Health Equity
Just at the time when the brain is developing most rapidly, HealthySteps brings focus to the important array of skills needed for families to foster healthy child development and life-long well-being, leading to improved outcomes in areas where there have been persistent inequities for families of color or those with low incomes, or both.
Explore how HealthySteps advances equity in health outcomes for children of color or those living in families with low incomes.
With HealthySteps, All Babies Can Thrive
Breastfeeding
We help mothers find success with breastfeeding.
Early Intervention (Part C of IDEA)
We successfully connect families with services, by understanding family concerns and making sure that the systems of care are well coordinated with the family at the center.
Maternal Depression
We ensure more frequent screenings, creating more opportunities for prevention, and support treatment.
Early Nutrition
We help prevent childhood obesity.
Social-Emotional Development
We strengthen early social and emotional development.
Autism Screening and Diagnosis
We provide timely screenings and referrals, leading to earlier diagnosis and treatment.
Nearly 1 in 5 babies are born to families living below the poverty line.
According to ZERO TO THREE’s State of Babies Yearbook, Black, Hispanic and Native American/Alaska Native infants and toddlers are more likely to live in poverty than their white counterparts. The COVID-19 pandemic has further exposed and exacerbated these disparities and structural barriers, which have harmful and life-altering effects that begin even before birth and can last a lifetime.
Explore the ZERO TO THREE
State of Babies Yearbook
For the 11 million infants and toddlers in the United States, the state where they are born and live during their first three years makes a big difference in their chance for a strong start in life.
Bright Futures
With the HealthySteps approach, your team can streamline the implementation of the American Academy of Pediatrics’ Bright Futures Guidelines and improve the quality of care patients receive.
