Maternal-Child Health, Family and Community Support Programs
Our Maternal & Child Health programs are designed to educate and increase awareness about preconception, prenatal and inter-conception care among women of all ages. Programs have been developed to address critically needed services and cultural sensitivities for Latina and African American women in Mercer and Ocean Counties. As this is a significant time in a woman’s life, our educational services are designed to provide women with the knowledge of how to access holistic care for their minds and bodies.
The primary objectives for our maternal-child programs are:
- To provide resources, education and services in collaboration with community partners on topics related to preconception, prenatal and inter-conception health.
- To increase linkages to early prenatal care beginning in the first trimester to improve positive birth outcomes 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 women and their partners about healthy lifestyles and reproductive life planning skills to improve preconception and inter-conception health.
Educational Resources
Our staff can provide information and resources in regard to Reproductive Life Planning, Early Pregnancy Education, Prematurity Workshops, Fetal Development and Breastfeeding Education.
We would like to thank The Horizon Foundation for New Jersey for supporting the Trenton Women’s Health Literacy Project. This important project enables our free and confidential pregnancy testing and personalized health and resource needs consultations by trained and caring Women’s Health Advocates for women in the City of Trenton.
Support for our small group prenatal health education programs is provided by:
- The Astle-Alpaugh Family Foundation
- Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
- The Burke Foundation
- Capital Health System
- Community Foundation of New Jersey
- Janssen Pharmaceuticals
- March of Dimes, New Jersey Chapter
- Mary Owen Borden Memorial Foundation
- Munich Reinsurance America
- Robert Wood Johnson Foundation President’s Grant Fund of the Princeton Area Community Foundation
Grantee Spotlight: The Children’s Home Society of New Jersey
Body and Soul
A holistic prenatal curriculum for pregnant women and women in their childbearing years. This program focuses on a lifestyle that nourishes the soul and promotes harmony between the mind and body to reduce stress for a healthy pregnancy.
CUNA
A prenatal health education and support group curriculum created to address the unique cultural and linguistic needs of Latina women, primarily Spanish-speaking recent immigrants.
Helpful Links
CDC Healthy Living
NJ Health Topics
Women’s WebMD
Komen
Women’s Health
March of Dimes
Folic Acid Info