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Calvin University Department of Nursing

Focus Population: Medicaid eligible pregnant women who access Kent County Health Department Maternal Infant Health Program’s services (their initiative, Women Supporting Women, was delivered in English for initial cohorts). Cohort #5 of WSW delivered entirely in Spanish. Cohort #6 of WSW delivered in Swahili.

Partners: Kent County Health Department Maternal Infant Health Program (MHIP), North Kent Connect, Secom Resource Center, and Priority Health.

Serves approximately 1300 families per year during pregnancy and for a period after the child is born. Of the 1300 families served.

  • 12% Asian American
  • 40% African American
  • 23% Caucasian
  • 8% other
  • 17% declined to respond
  • 17% identified as Hispanic
  • Roughly 1/3 of clients prefer a language other than English, with 7% speaking Spanish