Having Healthy Babies
Programs to Help Citizens Deliver Healthy Babies
Low birthweight and thus infant deaths continue to be a tragedy faced by many individuals, especially in the African American community. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), African American babies are almost 4 times more likely to die as infants due to low birthweight compared to non-Hispanic white infants. The Health Department has three programs to help reduce this trend in Sedgwick County: Healthy Babies, Women Infants and Children (WIC) and Maternal and Infant. Read below to see how each of these programs can help you and your neighbors deliver healthy babies.
Healthy Babies
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.
Case management is provided by registered nurses to women at high risk for medical complications. Emphasis is placed on teen and first-time mothers.
Family Support Services are provided by community liaisons to women at low risk for medical complications.
Weekly, bi-weekly or monthly visitation schedules are based on client need, often through the child’s 2nd birthday.
Home visitation services are provided at no charge to the client.
For more information about Healthy Babies, call 660-7433 or email healthybabies@sedgwick.gov. Click here to download a referral form.
March of Dimes Partnership
The Sedgwick County Healthy Babies program works hard to
improve birth outcomes for babies in high risk
In this site you have access to information about “before
you’re pregnant” and “during your pregnancy.” The site also provides you the
option to have printed brochures sent to your home for FREE. These brochures are
high quality and offer information on a range of pregnancy-related topics. If
you would like more information about the Healthy Babies program, please call
660-7433 or email
healthybabies@sedgwick.gov.
Whether you call Healthy Babies, or view the “My 9 months”
information in the privacy of your home, please seek pre-natal care as early as
possible during your pregnancy.”
Bebes Saludables
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.
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.Trabajadoras comunitarias dan servicios de apoyo familiar a mujeres con bajo riesgo de complicaciones médicas.
Visitas semanales, quinceñales o mensuales de acuerdo a las necesidades del cliente, en muchos casos hasta que el niño cumpla los dos años.
El servicio de Vistas a Domicilio es Gratis para nuestras clientes.
Para mayor información sobre el programa Bebes Saludables, llama al 660-7433.
Women Infants and Children (WIC)
WIC is a temporary nutrition education and supplemental food program that provides assistance for Women, Infants and Children. WIC provides:
- Nutrition education - Ideas to help improve eating habits and your health
- Supplemental foods - Food checks to buy specific foods for good health
- Referrals - To community and health agencies for additional support
- Breastfeeding support and education.
To be eligible for the program, women must meet income guidelines and be pregnant, breastfeeding or recently delivered a baby. Children must be under five years of age. Program participants must receive a health check up by WIC staff and be found with medical and or nutritional risk by a health professional.
If you have questions about the WIC program, please call
316-660-7444.
Maternal & Infant Program
Prenatal Care (M&I)
The Maternal and Infant Program (M&I) is a comprehensive health program designed to serve pregnant women and their infants. The goal of the program is to improve the health of the mother during the pregnancy and a healthy term infant at time of delivery. The M&I clinic uses interpreters for the improved delivery of services to clients who speak English as a second language. The program offers clients a team of obstetricians, nurse practitioners, social workers, and dieticians to maximize the health of pregnant women. Women see the various members of the health care team by appointment. Call 316-660-7300 to schedule an appointment with the staff in M&I.
The Sedgwick County Health Department offers:
- Prenatal services to women and teens who meet eligibility requirements.
- Reduced hospital fee included.
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