BABIES
Healthy Start program is here for you and your family. Say YES to the Healthy Start Program for your baby at the hospital and someone will contact you.
Services Include:
- Baby Care Instruction
- Nutritional Education
- Care Coordination
- Links to Other Services
- Parenting Assistance
- Emotional Support
- Help to Quit Smoking
- Breastfeeding Classes
Remember: This is a separate screen than Healthy Start for Moms
The information comes from your baby’s Birth Certificate automatically.
*NOTE: Just by saying yes to the screen, you help us bring needed services to this area. Read more about this screen on our Infant Screening Page*
About Infant Screens
Say YES to the Healthy Start Screen at the hospital!
It helps determine your baby’s needs. It’s easy… it’s important for your baby… and it’s confidential!
Remember: This is a separate screen than Healthy Start for Moms. The information comes from your baby’s Birth Certificate automatically.
Healthy Start legislation requires that ALL pregnant women and infants be offered screening for risk factors that may affect their pregnancy, health or development. The prenatal and postnatal Healthy Start risk screens assess risk factors for adverse health outcomes so that identified individuals may then be referred more expeditiously to the appropriate services for their needs.
*NOTE: Just by saying yes to the screen, you help us bring needed services to this area.*
The screening instruments were developed by a workgroup including physicians, nurses, social workers, researchers, program specialists and other professionals knowledgeable in the maternal and child health field.
ASK FOR HEALTHY START FOR YOUR BABY AT THE HOSPITAL