Low Country Healthy Start

In 1997, the South Carolina Office of Rural Health (SCORH) received a grant from the US Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration, Bureau of Maternal and Child Health, Division of Healthy Start to develop a Healthy Start Initiative in the Low Country Region of South Carolina.

Low Country Healthy Start is a community based program designed to reduce infant mortality and improve pregnancy outcomes in Allendale, Bamberg, Hampton, and Orangeburg Counties.

Major goals of Low Country Healthy Start are:

To reduce infant mortality by eliminating barriers that might inhibit the client’s ability to effectively access and remain in health care services. (Infant mortality is the number of babies of who die before their first birthday).
To improve pregnancy and child health outcomes by enhancing access to and use of health care services for the service area’s most at-risk population.
To create a permanent capacity among community leaders and organizations to wage an aggressive, long term community education and mobilization effort targeted at reducing infant mortality.

We invite everyone to join us in this effort.





	About Us In 1997, the South Carolina Office of Rural Health (SCORH) received a grant from the US Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration, Bureau of Maternal and Child Health, Division of Healthy Start to develop a Healthy Start Initiative in the Low Country Region of South Carolina. Low Country Healthy Start is a community based program designed to reduce infant mortality and improve pregnancy outcomes in Allendale, Bamberg, Hampton, and Orangeburg Counties. Major goals of Low Country Healthy Start are: To reduce infant mortality by eliminating barriers that might inhibit the client’s ability to effectively access and remain in health care services. (Infant mortality is the number of babies of who die before their first birthday). To improve pregnancy and child health outcomes by enhancing access to and use of health care services for the service area’s most at-risk population. To create a permanent capacity among community leaders and organizations to wage an aggressive, long term community education and mobilization effort targeted at reducing infant mortality. We invite everyone to join us in this effort.

4899 Carolina Highway P.O. Box 367 Denmark, SC 29042		Phone: 803.793.6000 Toll free: 888.581.0319 Fax: 803.793.6192