• Parenting
education and support
• Childbirth preparation/education
• Breastfeeding education
• Help to reduce stress
• Help to quit smoking
• Ideas for eating healthy
• Information on planning future
pregnancies for better health
• Links to other services in the community
A Healthy Start...
Begins with a Screening Form
This form helps determine whether any factors about your health, living
environment or day-to-day activities may be harmful to you and your baby.
The screening is provided at no cost to you, and the answers you provide
are kept private. Your responses are only used to help you have the best
possible care for a healthy pregnancy.
Pregnancy Risks
Can Happen To
Any Woman
By completing a Healthy Start Screening Form, you are saying “yes” to
learning more about the services and programs that will help keep
you and your baby healthy throughout pregnancy. Your prenatal health
care provider will determine if you should be referred to Healthy Start
based on
your responses.
If you are referred, a Healthy Start representative will explain the
results of the screen
and
answer your questions. They will
help
you
decide what you and your
baby need, and find services in
your
area to help you. Whether you
decide
to receive those service is
entirely
up to you.
Ask your doctor, nurse or midwife to complete
a Healthy Start Screening Form, and let
Healthy Start help you welcome your baby.
After your baby is born, ask the birthing
center to complete a Healthy Start Infant
Screening Form that will help you identify
anything that may affect your baby’s
growth and development during the first
year of life.
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