Perinatal Outreach

The goal of the perinatal outreach program is to assure early continuous prenatal care of all pregnant women, and to reduce the use of tobacco and other drugs during pregnancy in order to prevent serious medical problems in the infants who are born to women who use these drugs. The Public Health nurse participates in outreach to women of childbearing age, asseses health status, develops individualized plans to assure access to prenatal care, provides case management and education and coordinates with other outreach services to identify high need areas. The Public Health Nurse will provide follow-up to targeted Medi-Cal eligible women to assist them in continuing prenatal care and to assist them in obtaining other needed services and immediate preventive medical care for the baby through the CHDP program and/or Healthy Families.