Healthy Start Enhanced Services

Child Birth Education

Child Birth Education is provided by Monica MacIntyre. Click here for more information about Ms. MacIntyre. Sessions provide information and education to pregnant women and their families, both during early and late pregnancy, which promote healthy outcomes for the mother and her infant.  Childbirth education is provided with consideration to the cultural, language, educational/literacy and accessibility needs of the participants. With participant’s approval, fathers, significant others and other household members are encouraged to participate in the education process.  It includes the following topics:

  • Healthy Start prenatal and infant screening,
  • Anatomy and physiology of pregnancy and birth,
  • Physical and emotional changes related to pregnancy,
  • Basic nutrition and breastfeeding,
  • Prenatal care,
  • Self empowerment,
  • Stress management,
  • Warning signs of pregnancy,
  • Signs and symptoms of preterm labor,
  • Preparation for labor and birth
  • Parent/child attachment,
  • Growth and development,
  • Newborn care and safety,
  • Immunizations,
  • Postpartum changes,
  • Family planning
  • Sibling preparation.

In order to access this service, you must complete a Healthy Start screen. for information about filling out the screen, call the Healthy Start Assessment Center at (386) 947-2446 or toll free at 1 (866) 301-2066, or see your prental provider.

 

Tobacco Education and Cessation Counseling

Tobacco Education and Cessation Counseling is provided by Monica MacIntyre. Click here for more information about Ms. MacIntyre. Counseling is provided to pregnant women and their families in order to reduce the incidence of prenatal smoking and to reduce the harmful effects to the mother and developing fetus when the mother ingests chemicals from tobacco or is exposed to environmental tobacco smoke. Environmental tobacco smoke is damaging to all household members. Infants and young children are particularly vulnerable to upper and lower respiratory disease caused by tobacco smoke. Infants born to women who are exposed to environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) during pregnancy may have a small decrement in birth weight and a slightly increased risk for intrauterine growth retardation than infants born to women who are not exposed to ETS. (U.S. Surgeon General’s Report on Women and Smoking, 2001)  Tobacco education and cessation includes the following topics:

  • Consequences of tobacco use including ETS
  • Nicotine addition
  • Nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) instruction
  • Reasons for quitting
  • Awareness of habits associated with tobacco use
  • Stress reduction methods, including deep breathing techniques
  • Exercise and nutrition
  • Relapse and relapse prevention
  • Information related to how anti-depressants designed for smoking cessation
  • can assist a non-pregnant, non-breastfeeding mother of a Healthy Start infant
  • Information on the possibility of continuing breast feeding when using NRT
  • Advice to smokers who breastfeed and do not want to quit that smoking just
  • before or during breastfeeding should be avoided.

In order to access this service, you must complete a Healthy Start screen. for information about filling out the screen, call the Healthy Start Assessment Center at (386) 947-2446 or toll free at 1 (866) 301-2066, or see your prental provider.

 

Psycho-Social Support Services

Three House Next Door locations offer psycho-social support services:

Presbyterian Counseling Center
430 Braddock Avenue
Daytona Beach

The House Next Door
121 W. Pennsylvania Avenue
DeLand

The House Next Door
820 C Deltona Boulevard
Deltona

For more information or to enroll in psych-social support services, contact the Healthy Start Assessment Center, 866-301-2066.

 

Nutrition and Dental Services

For more information about nutrition and dental services, contact your Healthy Start provider. If you are not a Healthy Start participant, but are pregnant or have a child 0 to 1 year old, contact the Healthy Start assessment center at, 702 S. Ridgewood Avenue, Daytona Beach, FL 32114, Phone: (386) 947-2446 or Toll Free 1 (866) 301-2066.