Enhanced Prenatal and Postpartum Care

The Program provides enhanced prenatal care and care for women and their new baby for two years after the baby’s birth. Services are targeted to women who:

• had a preterm birth, low birth weight baby, an infant death, an infant death, stillbirth or fetal death,
• are African American/Black women,
• are Medicaid eligible, medically underinsured, or uninsured,
• have chronic diseases including hypertension and diabetes,
• have psychosocial risk factors, or
• are in need of increased social supports.

Services provided under this program include:

• Routine prenatal care with referral system for high risk pregnancies
• Following pregnancy for up to two years postpartum, access to preconceptual care for women which includes but is not limited to:
  • reproductive health services,
  • psycho-social needs,
  • nutrition counseling,
  • contraceptive education and counseling,
  • pregnancy diagnosis and counseling,
  • access to a broad range of contraceptive methods,
  • testing and treatment for Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STD) including Gonorrhea, Chlamydia, Syphilis,
  • testing and treatment referral for Human Immunodeficiency Virus or Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (HIV/AIDS),
  • Level 1 infertility counseling
  • Genetics information, education and referral
• Screening for alcohol, drug, and tobacco use and referral to smoking cessation and drug treatment programs
• Nursing services to provide enhanced patient education and anticipatory guidance on site and at the patients’ home
• Trained community support services personnel to provide street level outreach, reinforce patient education, assist patients with social service needs, assist with transportation to appointments as needed
• Social work services to address family psychosocial needs
• Nutrition services including basic nutrition counseling, breastfeeding promotion and support, folic acid education and specialized counseling for patients with chronic diseases or pregnancy induced complications which may result in poor birth outcomes
• Ongoing medical services for newborns through age 2 including examinations, immunizations, developmental screening and parent education
• Oral health education and referral

For more information contact:

For more information contact the Infant Mortality Elimination Program

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