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Maternal and Infant Health

What does Maternal and Infant Health do? 

• Focuses on preventive and primary care for pregnant women, mothers, and infants.

• Supports healthy birth outcomes by improving health and support services for pregnant and postpartum women. 

Maternal and Infant Health accomplishes its work in four major areas

Assessment

Assessment activities enable health care professionals and community partners to understand the needs of women and infants by gathering data about characteristics of pregnant and postpartum women, services they use, and services that would be helpful.  Maternal and Infant Health uses this data to plan programs, services, and develop policies to promote maternal and infant health.

Provider Information and Resources

Best practice materials and other resources are available from Maternal and Infant Health for health care professionals.  These materials cover a variety of topics to improve quality of care for women and infants.

Services

Maternal and Infant Health provides and promotes services to keep pregnant women and newborns healthy.

Local and State Partners

We collaborate with numerous agencies to provide and promote services for pregnant women and newborns.

Our program priorities include:

Pregnancy planning

Access to prenatal care

Domestic violence during pregnancy

Smoking cessation

Alcohol and drug use during pregnancy

Breastfeeding

Nutrition

Sleep position

Environmental exposure to tobacco smoke

Provider information and resources

Additional Helpful Information 

Center for Disease Control and Prevention Pregnancy Information Center
Center for Disease Control and Prevention Diabetes and Pregnancy Information
Pregnancy Planning Online Education Program
Relatives as Parents
Services for Grandparents Raising Children
March of  Dimes 
WIC (Women Infants and Children Supplemental Nutrition Program) 
WithinReach 1-800-322-2588
Health Education for Women
Temporary Assistance to Needy Families
Work First  
Children’s Administration
Children’s Hospital and Regional Medical Center
My Midwife
Fathers Network
Childcare Resource and Referral
Early Head Start
Department of Social and Health Services  1-800-737-0617
Motivational Interviewing
First Steps
Washington Violence Against Women Network (For immediate assistance, call Washington State Domestic Violence Hotline: 1-800-562-6025 (V/TTY)
Preconception and prenatal education resource
Information on Domestic Violence
Smoking and Women - United States Department of Health and Human Services and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

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• Autism Task Force 360-236-3571/e-mail
• Maternal and Infant Health Program 360-236-3505/e-mail
• Child and Adolescent Health Program 360-236-3531/e-mail
• Children with Special Health Care Needs Program 360-236-3571/e-mail
• Maternal and Child Health Assessment Program 360-236-3533/e-mail
• Immunization Program 360-236-3595/e-mail
• Genetics Services Section 253-395-6741/e-mail
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Address:

Office of Maternal and Child Health

Department of Health

Community and Family Health

111 Israel Road SE

Tumwater, WA 98501

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