What We Will Do

Guilford County’s Division of Public Health will work with community partners to provide quality reproductive health services through:

• Maternity Clinic provides comprehensive prenatal care for low to medium risk pregnancies, including a six -week postpartum exam.
• Centering Pregnancy is a model of delivering prenatal care that includes health assessment, education and support.
• Family Planning/Just Teens provides comprehensive family planning services for women and men (adult and teen) based on current recommendations from the Women and Children’s Division of the NC Department of Public Health.

Who Is Involved:

GCDHHS, Public Health Division

Moses Cone Health System Outpatient High Risk Clinic

Guilford Coalition on Infant Mortality’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

Healthy Tomorrow Alliance

YWCA Greensboro

Foundation for the Healthy High Point

When this Takes Place:

These services are ongoing.

How We Will Do it:

Maternity Clinic: Women who meet eligibility criteria for the Medicaid for Pregnant Women program, receive care free and other women are charged on a sliding scale according to income.

Centering Pregnancy: Women with similar due dates meet for their prenatal visits with 2 co-facilitators about 10 times during their pregnancies in the same Centering room.

Family Planning/Just Teens: 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 as indicated.