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I'm pregnant. How can I be sure I have a healthy baby? Begin prenatal care early and keep e all of your appointments Eat well-balanced meals e Exercise with the approval of your e doctor or clinic Avoid alcohol, drugs, and tobacco e including second hand smoke Only take medications ordered by a e doctor who knows you are pregnant Have regular dental visits e Go to your six-week check-up and e select a birth control method What can I do to keep my baby healthy after delivery? Breastfeed your infant e Put your baby on his/her back to sleep e Immunize your infant e Ask your child’s doctor about e developmental screening for your baby Black Infant HealtH Program 1645 Oregon Street Berkeley, CA 94703 (510) 981-2390 http://www.ci.berkeley.ca.us/ ContentDisplay.aspx?id=16074 Reprinting made possible by an Every Child Counts contract funded by First 5 Alameda County. cIty of Berkeley Black Infant HealtH Program Is Black Infant Health important to you? Black infants in California • have the highest rate of preterm births at 15.1%. Prematurity and low birthweight • are the leading cause of death for Black infants in the U.S. Let’s come together and find solutions to lessen the chances of mortality and morbidity in African American infants and children.
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I'm pregnant. How can I be sure I have a healthy baby?
Begin prenatal care early and keep eall of your appointments
Eat well-balanced meals eExercise with the approval of your edoctor or clinic
Avoid alcohol, drugs, and tobacco eincluding second hand smoke
Only take medications ordered by a edoctor who knows you are pregnant
Have regular dental visits eGo to your six-week check-up and eselect a birth control method
What can I do to keep my baby healthy after delivery?
Breastfeed your infant ePut your baby on his/her back to sleep eImmunize your infant eAsk your child’s doctor about edevelopmental screening for your baby
Black Infant HealtH Program1645 Oregon Street Berkeley, CA 94703
(510) 981-2390
http://www.ci.berkeley.ca.us/ ContentDisplay.aspx?id=16074
Reprinting made possible by an Every Child Counts contract funded by First 5 Alameda County.
cIty of Berkeley
Black Infant HealtHProgram
Is Black Infant Health important to you?Black infants in California •have the highest rate of preterm births at 15.1%.
Prematurity and low birthweight •are the leading cause of death for Black infants in the U.S.
Let’s come together and find solutions to lessen the chances of mortality and morbidity in African American infants
and children.
are you elIgIBle?If you are a pregnant/parenting African American woman whose child is under 12 months of age and a resident of Berkeley or Oakland, you can participate in the Black Infant Health Program.
ServIceS — FREE & conFidEntial
Referrals to health and other social services•
Information about job training counseling, and •GED/high school diploma completion
Home or office visits by a Public Health Nurse •and/or Community Health Worker
Case management to assist with well-baby care •
Social Support and Empowerment Classes:•
Prenatal•
Pregnancy Social Support•
Labor and Delivery•
Breastfeeding•
Post-Partum Depression•
Culture and Self Awareness•
Acceptance and Self Expression•
Self-Respect and Self–Confidence•
Parenting Social Support•
Preventing Sudden Infant Death •Syndrome (SIDS)
Nutrition•
Domestic Violence•
Infant Care and Early Child Development•
Improving the future of African American children in Berkeley
The mission of the Black Infant Health Program is to increase the chance
of African American babies to have a healthy start in life by providing quality
health education, information and support to their parents.
addItIonal ServIceSSisters’ Together Educating Peers (STEP)•
Postpartum/Intra Partum Support Group•
Discussion of Personal Family Health/ Social •Issues
Social Events•
Parent Activities•
Children Activities•
Holiday Celebrations•
Book Club•
Scrap Booking•
IncentIveS “Baby Bucks” for baby clothes and accessories •
Baby gift baskets•
contact uSFor more information call (510) 981-2390.
