PRENATAL CARE COORDINATION

Healthy Babies Prenatal Care Coordination services are designed to help pregnant women stay healthy, to help babies be born healthy and to lower the number of babies who die in our community.

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What is it?

OVERVIEW

Our Healthy Babies program offers Prenatal Care Coordination (PNCC) to pregnant women of all ages who are low-income, Medicaid-eligible, or identified as at-risk for poor birth outcomes due to a variety of health or psycho-social issues. Many Healthy Babies clients deal with multiple issues and barriers while trying to access good prenatal care, Medicaid, and other local services. The many challenges these women face can lead to pregnancy complications for mom and poor birth outcomes for their babies.

The PNCC standard is to have one-on-one interactions between the care coordinator and the at-risk pregnant women. We also provide a multitude of educational opportunities. It is an effective way of engaging more clients and their significant others in those all-important weeks leading up to the birth of the infant.

In 2016, Healthy Babies focused on infant mortality, preventing premature birth and healthy birth outcomes. We have especially focused on Safe Sleeping practices with our Baby Box project and the Cribs for Kids Campaign. See the chart below for more vital information.

Healthy Beginnings: Mother Holding Child

What it can do for you:

Help you get early prenatal care with a physician

Assist you in enrolling with Hoosier Healthwise and Medicaid

Make referrals to WIC, food pantries, counseling, breastfeeding support, education, parenting skills, support groups and more

Education information about your pregnancy

Nutritional information for your pregnancy

Someone to talk to throughout your pregnancy

What you can gain:

Easy to understand explanations in regular language

Help getting the community services your request

Understand how your body changes during pregnancy

Find out how your baby grows inside of you

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PRE-ENROLLMENT QUESTIONNAIRE

Please complete this form and a Healthy Babies Staff person will contact you to schedule an enrollment visit.

Name *

First

Last

Date of Birth *

(Preferred format: January 1, 1990)

Estimated Due Date

(Preferred format: January 1, 1990)

Current Address

City *

State *

Zip *

Phone Number *

(No spaces, no dashes)

Does your phone number accept text messages? *

Select your phone carrier service *

(This lets us reach you by text message)

E-mail

Please provide your email address, if you have one.

Is this your first pregnancy? *

Are you currently smoking tobacco? *

Select all problems with this pregnancy so far

Extreme Nausea with vomiting
Spotting/Bleeding
Other

Select all problems you experienced in your previous pregnancies

High Blood Pressure
Gestational Diabetes
Preterm Labor
Other

Select everything you need help with *

Finding a doctor
Getting Medicaid
Learning more about pregnancy
Childbirth classes
Breastfeeding classes
Getting baby clothes/supplies
Other

Additional Comments

Who We Are

Healthy Beginnings offers programs aimed at prevention, education and early intervention to enhance the health and lives of infants, young children and pregnant and/or breastfeeding women. Healthy Beginnings is part of the Elkhart County Health Department.

Our services

Pregnancy Testing
Healthy Babies
Breastfeeding
WIC
Baby & Me Tobacco Free
Dental Services