Baby Basics of Collier County

Partnership with Florida Gulf Coast University

Program Background

National program founded in 1992; Collier County program started in 2004

Serves 378 babies in Collier County; over 1,200 per month nationally

13 sites

Our programs are diaper pantries not banks

Connecting with FGCU

How did they find us?

What you can do to connect with colleges and universities?

Suggestions about which departments to connect to.

What we wanted to accomplish/criteria we used to

judge success

Anecdotal information vs. scientific research

Focus of the research program

“Determine the effect of an insufficient quantity of clean diapers on the well-being of children, their siblings and their parents.”

Application of information for Baby Basics

Was this study helpful to our program?

Criteria they usedHighlights

Statistics

Population profile for our community

Reading highlights:cause of diaper dermatitishealth issues relating to inadequate supply of

diaperstoll on emotional and mental health of care givers

What we received

Documentation from three student Senior Seminar research.

Review of strengths and weaknesses of our program

What we learned

Opportunities and suggested paths for strengthening our program: threats to our program

Affirmation of the importance of our program

Material for grant requests

Tips for providing information to parents from results of study

Anything you would do differently? Advice?

Make sure the tools you give them about your program are up to date (i.e. web up to date).

Use the students as volunteers. Encourage them to tell your story to others.

Provide opportunities to share the information with volunteers.

Plans going forward

Connections have been made – FGCU has chosen Baby Basics again for their next semester’s project.

Use this connection to establish relationships with other departments in the University

Questions?

References used by students available