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Healthy Start 

 

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Escambia County Health Department

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Healthy Start

 

Healthy Start provides services that help participants have a healthy baby and then to be the best parent they can be. The program was established to reduce infant deaths and the number of low-birth weight babies.

Cost, How to Enroll

  1. All services are free.

  2. You qualify for this program by filling out a simple questionnaire at your doctor’s office.

Services

Some of the services available to participants are:

  • Home visits by health professionals

  • Childbirth classes

  • Nutrition education

  • Breastfeeding support and education

  • Parenting support and education

  • Counseling services

  • Family planning

  • Transportation assistance

  • Access to and Coordination of other community services

  • Smoking cessation support and education

  • Specialized services for substance exposed infants

For More Information
Healthy Start (850) 595-6643

 

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