| Prenatal and Infant Health Care Program |
a free screening today to see if
you qualify. Give your baby the
best start in life...a Healthy Start.
All you have to do is say
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Good nutrition, healthy habits, and a positive state of mind for the new mom are important for a healthy baby. Each year too many babies are born early and unhealthy. Some babies are born unhealthy because of little or no prenatal care poor prenatal nutrition smoking while pregnant use of drugs or alcohol mother's poor health longer hospital stays developmental delays learning problems health problems |
After Your Baby Is Born
Our infant Program can continue to help throughout your baby's first year of life. Be sure to ask to have your baby screened for Healthy Start Services at the hospital. The birth of your baby is wonderful and scary at the same time. The Healthy Start Infant Program can help you be the best parent you can be! HEALTHY START SCREENING FROM YOUR DOCTOR |
You and Your Baby Deserve the Best!
Healthy Start offers you much needed extra help at a time when you may be feeling overwhelmed. Your Healthy Start nurse or social worker is your personal resource to call anytime. And all the Healthy Start services are FREE! |
Smoking Cessation Assistance Program
Why Pregnant Woman and Parents Should Not Smoke.
Smoking while you are pregnant can:
* Cause you to have a MISCARRIAGE
* Cause your Baby to DIE before birth
* Cause your Baby to be BORN TOO EARLY
* Cause your Baby to be BORN TOO SMALL
* Make your Baby at Greater Risk for SIDS
(Sudden Infant Death Syndrome or Crib Death)
* Make you sick
* Have More Colds
* Have More Ear Infections
* Develop Asthma
* Die of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome
Healthy Start has developed a program to help Healthy Start
eligible pregnant and postpartum women to quit smoking. Eligle
women may attend, free of charge, an eight week smoking
cessation class offered by Sacred Heart Hospital in Pensacola,
Florida. The mother will also be provided, free of charge, the
Freedom From Smoking classroom materials provided by The
American Lung Association of Florida, Inc., Northwest Region.
Additionally, other smoking household members of Healthy Start
clients will be eligible to attend the Sacred Heart classes at
a reduced charge of $10. We will also be offering prizes to those
mothers who sign up for and complete the program.
For additional information on whether you qualify and how to enroll,
ask your doctor for either a Prenatal Healthy Start Screen or a
Healthy Start Infant Screen. Or call the Healthy start Office at
474-5333 and ask for Nancy Grantham.
Even if you do not qualify for this special program,
smoking cessation classes are available at several
facilities in Pensacola. They include:
The American Lung Association of Florida, Inc., Northwest Region
Contact: Patsy Malley
Phone: (850) 478-5864
They will provide information regarding classes available in the
area.
Baptist Health Care
Contact Person: Todd Melchiorre
Phone: 469-7749
Cost: $65; Insurance: accepting Health Plan South East
Class Details: 8 week classes, meets 1 hour per week.
West Florida Regional Medical Center
Contact: mary Bishop
Phone: 494: 6185
Cost: Varies
Class Details: 8 week course, meets 2 hours per week.
Escambia county Health Department
Contact person: Julie Folmar
Phone: 595-6539
Navy Hospital
Phone: 505-6560
Cost: free to active military, retirees and family members.
Class Details: 8 sessions, 2 hours per week, meets every
Tuesday.
Sacred Heart Health System
Contact Person: Lisa Masterson
Phone: 416-7764
Cost: $65 Insurance: Accepting Health Plan southeast. Financial
assistance to those who cannot pay the full class fee.
Class Details: 7 week classes, meets 2 hours per session. Includes
follow-up for a year.
(850) 595-6641
or
(850)474-5333
