{"id":52,"date":"2016-11-23T13:25:31","date_gmt":"2016-11-23T13:25:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/family-home-visiting\/?page_id=52"},"modified":"2016-11-23T13:25:31","modified_gmt":"2016-11-23T13:25:31","slug":"communities","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/family-home-visiting\/communities\/","title":{"rendered":"Communities"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Loving Steps is implemented in three localities that were selected due to high infant mortality rates (IMR) and significant perinatal health disparities. From 2011-2013, 154 infants died across the three communities.<\/p>\n<p>The non-Hispanic black infant mortality rate across the Virginia Healthy Start communities is nearly three times the non-Hispanic white infant mortality rate.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/LHD\/threeriv\/HealthyStart.htm\">Westmoreland County<\/a> is a rural community in the Northern Neck region of Virginia. Three Rivers Health District administers the Loving Steps program in Westmoreland County.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/LHD\/crater\/\">Petersburg<\/a> is a small urban community in central Virginia. In 2014, Petersburg was identified by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.countyhealthrankings.org\/\">County Health Rankings and Roadmaps<\/a> as the least healthy city in Virginia. Crater Health District administers the Loving Steps program in Petersburg.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.evms.edu\/community\/community_health_initiatives\/virginia_healthy_start_initiative_-_loving_steps\/\">Norfolk<\/a> is a large urban community in the tidewater region of Virginia. Eastern Virginia Medical School administers the Loving Steps program in Norfolk.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Loving Steps is implemented in three localities that were selected due to high infant mortality rates (IMR) and significant perinatal health disparities. 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