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Healthy Start: Preliminary Results From National Evaluation Are Not Conclusive

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Report Type Reports and Testimonies
Report Date June 15, 1998
Report No. HEHS-98-167
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Summary:

To reduce the nation's infant mortality rate, in 1991 the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), part of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), launched the Healthy Start program, which encourages community-based strategies to reduce infant mortality. In 1993, HRSA contracted with Mathematica Policy Research (MPR), Inc., to conduct a national evaluation of a five-year demonstration in 15 sites. GAO found that MPR's preliminary reports do not provide a complete assessment of the program and, therefore, should not be used to judge the program's success. Even the final report, likely to be delayed until early 1999 because of difficulties in acquiring vital record data from the states, will not contain all the data expected to be analyzed for the national evaluation.

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