BODY & SOUL
Body and Soul is a holistic prenatal health program for pregnant women and women in their childbearing years. This program utilizes a customized curriculum that has a focus on a life-style that nourishes the soul and promotes harmony between the mind, body and soul to reduce stress for a healthy pregnancy and a healthy life.
- To provide resources, education and services in collaboration with faith based and community partners on topics related to preconception, prenatal and interconception health.
- To increase linkages to early prenatal care beginning in their first trimester to improve positive birth outcomes for women through early pregnancy education.
- To educate women about prevention and early signs and symptoms of premature births as well as the risks of delivering prior to the 37th week.
- To educate teenagers of how their knowledge, attitudes, behaviors, and involvement can enhance their current health and life choices

- The collective conscious and unconscious process that directs and influence mental and physical behavior.
- What is stress
- The effects of stress on the mind
- How to manage stress

- The entire material or physical structure of an organism.
- The importance of nutrition and folic acid
- Healthy food choices
- Healthy weight gain during pregnancy
- The benefits of exercise during pregnancy
- How stress can affect pregnancy
- Drugs and their effect on the fetus

- The spiritual nature of humans, regarded as immortal, separable from the body at death, and susceptible to happiness or misery in a future state.
- What is the interconnectedness between the mind, body and soul
- Positive correlation between good health, low stress levels, and spirituality
- How faith based stress reduction may promote a healthy pregnancy and lifestyle
- Relaxation techniques using spirituality
- Advocacy
- Breastfeeding Support Groups
- Breastfeeding Support Telephone Line
- Childbirth Education Classes
- Educational Materials
- Health and Nutrition Workshops
- Home Visits
- Hospital Orientation Tours
- Information and Referrals
- Linkages to Medical Homes
- Meals (during group activities)
- Mother’s Nursing Room
- Natural Family Planning Workshops
- One-on-one Counseling and Support
- Preconception Counseling
- Pregnancy Spacing
- Prenatal Health Classes
- Risk Assessment Screenings
- Sexually Transmitted Diseases Workshops
- Stress Management Workshops
- Training to become a Community Peer Lactation Consultant
- Transportation (to and from group activities)
- Women’s Health and Self Image Workshops