• Getting women into prenatal care, maternity care coordination and other programs, such as WIC and Medicaid, as early as possible.
• Helping to decrease missed health care appointments.
• Helping women to develop healthier habits and lifestyles.
• Helping women to increase time between pregnancies and to reduce the number of unplanned pregnancies.
• Getting infants enrolled in Medicaid, WIC, and well-child services as early as possible.
  

Women at highest risks of having infant death or a low birth weight (premature) baby are those who:

• receive limited or no prenatal care
• become pregnant less than one year following their last delivery
• are in their teens
• smoke cigarettes
• 40 years of age and older
• use illegal drugs during pregnancy
• drink alcoholic beverages
• have poor eating habits
• have had a miscarriage or low birth weight
• (premature) baby
• have certain medical conditions in their family
• are experiencing stress