Baby Basics of Collier County Partnership with Florida Gulf Coast University.
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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