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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

An analysis of perinatal birth outcomes for Escambia County, FL (703kb; pdf)

 

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