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Healthy Babies
is a prenatal and postpartum home visitation program designed to
improve birth outcomes by decreasing premature birth, fetal and
infant mortality and child abuse in high risk families.
Bebes Saludables
es un
programa de visitas a domicilio antes y después del parto con el
propósito de reducir los nacimientos prematuros, la mortalidad
infantil y fetal, y el abuso de los niños en familias de alto
riesgo.
Case management is provided by registered
nurses to women at high risk for medical complications. Emphasis is
placed on teen and first-time mothers.
Enfermeras tituladas manejan el cuidado de las mujeres con alto
riesgo de complicaciones médicas, con énfasis en las madres
primerizas y las menores de 18 años.
Family Support Services are provided by
community liaisons to women at low risk for medical complications.
Trabajadoras comunitarias dan servicios de apoyo familiar a mujeres
con bajo riesgo de complicaciones médicas.
Weekly,
bi-weekly or monthly visitation schedules are based on client need,
often through the child’s 2nd birthday.
Visitas semanales, quinceñales o mensuales de acuerdo a las
necesidades del cliente, en muchos casos hasta que el niño cumpla
los dos años.
Home visitation services are provided at no
charge to the client.
El
servicio de Vistas a Domicilio es Gratis para nuestras clientes.
For more information about Healthy Babies, call
660-7433 or email
healthybabies@sedgwick.gov. To download a referral form, click
here.
Para
mayor información sobre el programa Bebes Saludables, llama al
660-7433. Other Resources:
Signs and
Symptoms of Preterm Labor: This insert ran in the Wichita
Eagle in the spring of 2007. Please read
for your own information and share with those who may benefit. The
piece is also translated into Spanish.
March of Dimes: The
March of Dimes is a national organization that works to raise money
to provide research, awareness and education to help families have
healthier babies.
Pregnancy
Information Center: This Centers for Disease Control (CDC) site
walks you through the three stages of pregnancy: pre-pregnancy,
pregnancy and after delivery.
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