MCH Maternal Child Health

In their eight-county service area, Maternal/Child Health (MCH) works directly with various public and private providers to make quality health care easily accessible to area women and children. MCH realizes that the process of getting to doctor appointments and other checkups, monitoring a child's health progress and completing all the required paperwork can be overwhelming for today's busy parents. The program accommodates parents by offering assistance in accessing medical and dental checkups, immunization, information about growth, diet and development and regular vision and hearing information at WIC clinics, Child Development Centers and Head Start facilities. A child health consultant is available to childcare providers and centers to contact for health information and resources; and MCH distributes and implements health and safety programs to public and private childcare centers.

Because prenatal and postpartum care are essential to the growth and development of babies, MCH offers health education and counseling. MCH will also cover the cost of childbirth classes for first time mothers-to-be as well as help pregnant women access prenatal care. Program staff continues to offer community-based care and gap-filling services to improve healthcare options and services in out communities.

• Contact Info:
  Kristal Shirk , MCH Director
  101 Robins St. Graettinger, Iowa 51342
  E-mail: kshirk@udmo.com
  Phone: 712-859-3885 Ext. 106
  Fax: 712-859-3892
  

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