Guilford County’s Division of Public Health continues to work with community partners to provide quality reproductive health services through its Maternity Clinic, Family Planning/Just Teens clinics, and CenteringPregnancy programs.

Maternity Clinic provides comprehensive prenatal care for low to medium risk pregnancies, including a six -week postpartum exam. Women who meet eligibility criteria for the Medicaid for Pregnant Women program receive free care and other women are charged on a sliding scale according to income.

CenteringPregnancy is a model of delivering prenatal care that includes health assessment, education, and support. This best-practice group prenatal care program follows the recommended schedule of 10 prenatal visits. Women engage in their care by recording their own health data followed by private time with their provider for pregnancy care. Following that provider time, women engage together during interactive activities and facilitated discussion with other women, developing a sense of community and support. Providers cover information on nutrition, common discomforts, stress, management, labor and delivery, breastfeeding, and infant care. Women of different backgrounds share the common experience of pregnancy, birth, and family care in these groups. 

Family Planning clinics provide comprehensive family planning services for women and men (adult and teen) based on current recommendations from the Women and Children’s Division of the North Carolina Department of Public Health. Services include a full range of birth control options plus education and counseling. New patient and annual return visits include a complete examination, pap test, and other laboratory tests as indicated.

Just Teens Clinic offers free or low-cost health confidential services for those under age twenty in a friendly atmosphere.
 

Partners:
Guilford County Department of Health and Human Services (GCDHHS), Public Health Division
Moses Cone Health System Outpatient High Risk Clinic
Every Baby Guilford’s Adopt-A-Mom Program
GCDHHS Care Management for High Risk Pregnancy, Guilford Family Connects and Care Management for At Risk Children Programs
Piedmont Health Services and Sickle Cell Agency’s Triad Baby Love Plus program
Centering Healthcare Institute
YWCA Greensboro
Foundation for the Healthy High Point

In 2024, GCDPH continued to provide quality reproductive health services through its Maternity Clinic, Family Planning/Just Teens clinics, and CenteringPregnancy programs. 

For the 2024 calendar year:

• GCDPH’s Maternity Clinic provided comprehensive prenatal care for 554 women with low to medium risk pregnancies through 3,540 visits in 2024. 
• Family Planning clinic served 2,607 patients through 4,502 visits in 2024. 
• The JustTEENS clinics served 648 clients under the age of 20 through 1,024 visits.