Explanation
Columbus Public Health has been awarded a grant from the Ohio Department of Health. This ordinance is needed to accept and appropriate $199,706.20 in grant monies to fund the FY22 Moms Quit for Two Grant Program for the period of July 1, 2021 through June 30, 2022.
Smoking during pregnancy remains one of the most preventable causes of infant mortality (CDC, 2004). According to 2015 data released by the Ohio Department of Health, 20.4% of all Ohio mothers and 23.4% of Franklin County WIC recipients reported smoking before or during pregnancy. The purpose of the Moms Quit for Two Program, an evidence-based smoking cessation program, is to increase smoking cessation rates among pregnant and postpartum women, by offering individualized tobacco cessation treatment, monitoring progress, and providing incentives for remaining smoke-free. This program aims to improve birth outcomes, reduce low birth weights and preterm birth rates, and increase overall quit rates as part of a larger strategy to reduce infant mortality.
Since 2014, the Baby & Me Tobacco Free Program at CPH has had a direct impact on infant mortality in Franklin County. Baby and Me Tobacco Free has unequivocally become the largest perinatal smoking cessation program in Ohio serving over 450 participants and their families since its inception. This award-winning and evidence-based program was named a “Best Practice” in May of 2018 by the Association of Maternal and Child Health Programs and continues to positively impact the community.
In 2019, 82% of the babies delivered in the program were full term and healthy, with 86% of participants remaining smoke-free through the baby’s first year of life. At the end of 2019, 230 participants were enrolled and there were 638 referrals from community and clinical partnerships.?
This ordinance is submitted as an emergency so a delay in service does not occur since the grant starts July 1, 2021.
FISCAL IMPACT: The program is fully funded by the Oh...
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