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HOW WE WORK
The Immediate Need: connecting Women…helping babiesHealthy Start provides services and support needed by pregnant women to have a healthy baby today. Every woman who receives a positive pregnancy test from her health care provider is offered a Healthy Start Risk Screen. If the screen indicates a risk, a Healthy Start Home Visitor is assigned and offers help.
Some Healthy Start services include: child birth education, medical and community referrals, emergency housing, emotional support, mental health counseling, breastfeeding support, infant care skills and child development classes, continuing education guidance…just to name a few. Home Visitors work individually with moms to determine the right support and services to assure a healthy pregnancy, healthy birth and healthy baby.
Healthy Start does what ever is needed to assure a stable environment is in place before the baby arrives. Home Visitors work with the family until the baby turns three. Healthier Babies Tomorrow: identify problems…creating solutions
The Healthy Pregnancy Network (HPN) at Healthy Start looks at the big picture in our Community. The HPN works to identify the reasons for unhealthy pregnancies and infant deaths and then creates solutions. The HPN includes Infant Mortality Review, an extensive Health Education Program, Community Action and Bereavement Services.
The Healthy Pregnancy Network is about healthier babies and a healthier future for our community. |
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