The goal of family planning services is to promote responsible behavior,  reduce unintended pregnancies and facilitate the health of  newborns.

• Individualized contraception

• Emergency contraception

• GYN examinations

• Breast and cervical cancer screening

• STD testing and treatment

• Anemia and hypertension screening

• Pregnancy testing

• Dispensing of contraceptive methods

• Referrals for sterilization

• Educational counseling

• Colposcopy

• HIV testing and counseling

•   Family planning

•   Counseling in schools

•   Teen parent group

•   After school programs

Related link http://mdpublichealth.org/omhfp/

Caroline County Health Department provides routine pre-natal care in consultation with Medical Shore Women’s Health (formerly, Chesapeake OB).  Care Provided by women’s health nurse practitioners and registered nurses 

• Preconception counseling, including the Folic Acid recommendation

• Comprehensive Obstetrical Exams

• Prenatal lab tests, including pap smears and cervical cultures

• Alfa Fetal Protein testing for neural tube defects

• Screening for gestational diabetes

• One to one prenatal education: includes fetal growth and development, pre-term labor warning signs, common discomforts of pregnancy, labor and delivery preparation, breast feeding, infant safety, etc.

• Nutritional counseling

• Breast feeding information and referral

• Addictions counseling (includes "quit kit" for smoking Moms)

• Healthy Start home visits

• Application for Medical Assistance, MCHP

• WIC referral

• Adolescent Case Management of pregnant teens

• Postpartum exam and contraception

Related link www.dhmh.state.md.us

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