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Mercy Health credits neighborhood outreach for big drop in infant deaths in target Lucas County areas
Summary
Mercy Health presented its Getting Healthy Zone initiative to Lucas County commissioners, describing community-based services, partnerships and outreach it says helped reduce infant deaths in targeted ZIP codes from a 2018 baseline and reporting improved neighborhood health metrics.
Mercy Health representatives told the Lucas County Board of Commissioners on April 21 that their Getting Healthy Zone initiative — a neighborhood-focused, collective-impact program — has helped lower infant deaths and improve health indicators in the Cherry Street Corridor and adjacent ZIP codes.
The presenter described a two‑pronged approach that combines connecting pregnant women to services such as home visiting and pathways programs with neighborhood-level work addressing social determinants of health. “The Getting Healthy Zone is a community driven initiative working to increase infant vitality, improve the health of the community, and create a neighborhood where people want to live, work, and visit,” the Mercy Health representative said.
Why it matters: presenter materials and remarks framed the program as…
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