title: The Maternal Infant Health Outreach Worker program in low-income families.
abstract: Vanderbilt University Medical Center's Maternal Infant Health Outreach Worker program (MIHOW) is a community-based intervention dedicated to enhancing birth outcomes and healthy child development. Trained neighborhood women provide home and group services to underserved families in rural and inner city communities. This report describes MIHOW's history and work in Tennessee, Kentucky, West Virginia, Mississippi, and Louisiana.
authors: Tonya
authors: T
authors: Elkins
authors: Maria Del Pilar
authors: Mdel P
authors: Aguinaga
authors: Caitlin
authors: C
authors: Clinton-Selin
authors: Barbara
authors: B
authors: Clinton
authors: Gerald
authors: G
authors: Gotterer
mesh_terms: D001061:Appalachian Region; D002662:Child Health Services; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003150:Community Health Workers; D003159:Community-Institutional Relations; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008145:Louisiana; D008427:Maternal Health Services; D008922:Mississippi; D011203:Poverty; D015397:Program Evaluation