Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe
Project name: Healthy Beginnings
Grant Type:
Priority Health Area Implementation
Amount of Grant:
$140,000.00
Project Description: We will reduce infant mortality rates by improving prenatal health and education to women. The approach is a one-on-one, hands on educational model to empower our women to create their own improved health, share that with their daughters and walk towards wellness creating environmental change designed to leave a generation of health disparities behind. We will use talking circles, home visits, community education, a mass media campaign, improved use of electronic database system, screenings, one-on-one counseling, routine wellness exams, incentive programs, intense follow-up, development of better procedures and protocols, strategies to improve the medical system infrastructure.
We address barriers including; lack of transportation and childcare, substance abuse, depression and other mental health conditions, domestic violence and unstable/inadequate housing.
Working closely with the State MDH Title V representative, Indian Health Service, surrounding healthcare centers, schools, cultural advisors, clinics, consumers, providers, and families we will address the system of care issues that impact the women of our reservation.
EHDI Grant Activity Outcomes: Provide:
-safe sleep education to 60 participants
-safe ride education to 100 participants
-FAS and shaken baby syndrome education to 100 participants
Document reduction in tobacco use by pregnant women from the baseline of 42%
Document reduction in infant mortality which is, currently three times that of non-native populations.
Racial/ethnic group(s) to be served:
 American Indian
Priority health area(s):
Infant Mortality
County(s) Served:
Beltrami
Cass
Hubbard
Itasca
Geography and Population Served: Native American females of child bearing years and/or pregnant who live within the Leech Lake Reservation or within the counties which fall within the reservation.
Contact: Bernadette Gotchie
Street address:
115 6th Ave. NW, Suite E
Cass Lake , MN 56633
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Phone: 218-335-4500
E-mail: bernadette.gotchie@llojibwe.org
Web site: www.llojibwe.org
Executive Director: Carrie Jones, Tribal Chairwoman
Phone: 218-335-8200
E-mail: carrie.jones@llojibwe.org
Grant manager: Rosemarie Rodriguez-Hager | 651-201-5819 | Rosemarie.Rodriguez-Hager@state.mn.us
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