Welcome To healthy mothers, healthy babies Coalition of Palm Beach County
To assure that babies are born healthy, Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies (HMHB) assists expectant women in Palm Beach County in accessing early and consistent prenatal care.
To assure birth outcomes are positive ones HMHB makes certain that women of childbearing ages are educated about pre-conceptual health, pregnancy and post partum issues.
HMHB promotes positive birth outcomes by educating women of childbearing ages about how to access prenatal care and navigating them through the local health system. These mothers learn about the development of the fetus, the importance of folic acid, normal discomforts of pregnancy, warning signs in pregnancy, toxemia, preterm labor, postpartum conditions as well as breast-feeding.
Service Coordinators make fathers and mothers aware of how they can contribute to the health of their relationship as well as the pregnancy. They ingrain in both parents that they bear great responsibility for the health of the baby that will be born.
HMHB Prenatal Outreach staff target at-risk and hard-to-reach women and encourage them to obtain regularly scheduled prenatal care. The program provides referrals to appropriate social services where applicable and provides classes in childbirth for Palm Beach County residents.
