Maternal and Child Health is now: Family and Child Health!
We’ve changed our name, but not our services.
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Vermont Resources
| Resource | Description |
|---|---|
| One Key Question | Would you like to become pregnant in the next year? Provider and patient tools to help you integrate evidence-based preconception and contraceptive care into your practice. |
| Planned Parenthood Health Centers in Vermont | Information on health centers in Vermont, locations, hours and services. |
| Smoking and Pregnancy | Information on 802 Quits, Vermont’s evidenced-based program to help people quit smoking. |
| Dental Health and Pregnancy | Information on oral health programs for pregnant people in Vermont. |
| Help Me Grow | Universal referral online platform providing support and education to parents, caregivers and health care professionals on child development and community supports. Providers can also make a direct referral by completing an online referral form. |
| Parent Child Centers | A network of 15 centers that help families get their children off to a healthy start. Services may include early childhood services, home visits to families with young children, playgroups, parent education, parent support, and information and referral. |
| Adolescent Sexual Health | Education and resources for teens, parents, educators, and providers promoting adolescent sexual health. |
| Office of Local Health | Reach out to your local Maternal and Child Health Coordinator and WIC to connect with resources in your community. |
| WIC | WIC is a nutrition program for pregnant and new parents and families with children under 5 – nutrition education, healthy foods, breastfeeding support, and referrals. Make a WIC online referral. |
Strong Families VT
Vermont has free nursing and social services for eligible pregnant and parenting families in every region to support family health and child development.
| Resource | Description |
|---|---|
| Strong Families Vermont Nurse Home Visiting Program (MECSH) | Information about Vermont’s home visiting program, developed from Maternal Early Childhood Sustained Home Visiting Program Home-Visiting (MECSH) model. The program is offered statewide and referrals to Strong Families VT are made through the CIS regional coordinator or the regional Home Health Agency. For a closer look at the impact of the Strong Families VT Nurse Home Visiting Program check out the MECSH Triennial Report and the VT MIECHV Fact Sheet. |
| Parents as Teachers (PAT) | Home visiting program that promotes early development, learning, and health of children by supporting and engaging their parents and caregivers. Referrals to PAT are made through the CIS regional coordinator. |
| Children’s Integrated Services (CIS) | Early intervention, family support, and prevention services to help ensure the healthy development and wellbeing of children, pre-birth to age 5. |
| Head Start and Early Head Start (HS and EHS) | Head Start (HS) programs operate locally to help young children from low-income families prepare to succeed in school, promoting children’s development through early learning, health, and family well-being. Referrals can be made through contact with local HS and EHS programs. Learn more about the Vermont Head Start service areas. |
Guidelines, Recommendations and Training
| Resource | Description |
|---|---|
| Reproductive Health National Training Center (RHNTC) | Training to build capacity for promoting women’s health and improving maternal health outcomes through preconception health services and fertility/infertility prevention. |
| Quality Family Planning | Recommendations for use by all reproductive health and primary care providers with patients who are in need of services related to preventing or for achieving pregnancy. |
| Reproductive Coercion | ACOG Committee Opinion on reproductive and sexual coercion. |
| Beyond the Pill | Research, training and tools for providers to learn more about contraceptive care. |
| Planned Parenthood of Northern New England | Education and resources to share with your patients. |
| Reproductive Health Access Project | Training and supports for primary care clinicians to ensure equitable access to sexual and reproductive health care. |
| Pregnancy: Before, During and After | Information from CDC on preventing or planning pregnancy, and ways to ensure healthy pregnancy development. |
| Before, Between and Beyond Pregnancy | Resource on preconception care. Includes short interactive modules and a provider toolkit to help primary care providers, their colleagues and their practices incorporate preconception health into the routine care of individuals of childbearing age. |
| Folic Acid | Information and recommendations around folic acid in pregnancy. |
| During Pregnancy | Information from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on staying healthy in pregnancy. |
| Tools and Resources on Annual Well-Women’s Care | Up to date information from ACOG on well-woman healthcare. |
| Bedsider for Providers | Educational tools for patients and articles on what is happening in the reproductive health world. |
| Order materials | Materials from NIH on pregnancy and maternal mental health. Available in English and Spanish. |
Mobile Apps
| App | Description | Icon |
|---|---|---|
| Quality Family Planning | Recommendations of the CDC and US Office of Population Affairs |
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| The U.S. Medical Eligibility Criteria for Contraceptive Use | Recommendations for the use of specific contraceptive methods by patients who have certain characteristics or medical conditions. |
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| National Association of Nurse Practitioners in Women's Health | Tool for the well-woman visit. With a special focus on STD screening and expanded section on cardiovascular risk assessment, the app compiles the most commonly used clinical guidelines from multiple sources into a single tool. |
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