Healthy Start Home Visitor Program Frequently Asked Questions
Healthy Start Home Visitor Program
Healthy Start Home Visitors want to visit you before your child is born to help you have the healthiest pregnancy possible. The visitor can help you with:
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Finding a doctor
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Good Nutrition
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Help you learn to breastfeed your baby
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Infant car safety seats and how to use them
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Planning for child care, if needed
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Stopping behaviors that can hurt your growing baby (smoking, drinking alcohol, or other drugs)
A home visit will be scheduled at your convenience soon after your baby is born in case you have questions or need help with:
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Your recovery after having a baby
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Baby Care
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Breastfeeding
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Nutrition for you and your baby
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Family Planning
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Immunizations for you and baby
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Expected infant development
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Understanding a baby’s or child’s behavior
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Change in the family with a baby
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Discipline / setting limits for children
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Locating agencies / programs that can assist you and your family
As your baby grows and you have new questions, concerns, or health needs, your Home Visitor can help you find the resources you need.
- Women of childbearing age
- Pregnant women, mothers, and their babies
- Infants and children to age 1