Early Childhood Health | HEALTH

Connected and Quality Care
We are commited to providing mothers and children access to quality preventive care.  By increasing access to care and coverage, including efforts to improve enrollment in public programs, children can succeed in school and beyond. We are advocating to sustain and strengthen programs like Help Me Grow that lay a healthy foundation. We help provide access to quality health tests and procedures, and preventive education, like immunizations, oral health, gynecological and obstetrical care.

We also believe that a medical home is necessary to ensure mothers and their young children start off right. Doctors and nurses can work together with social service organizations and agencies to provide the best holistic care approach to the family. In addition, we advocate for quality home visitation programs and care coordination.
 

Healthy Social & Emotional Development
We are commited to providing access to quality social and emotional development care options for children. By providing evaluations, an understanding of the importance, and access to quality mental health services, we can help ensure children are happy and healthy. 

 

RESEARCH

In 2008, Lucas County's overall low-birth rate was 9.4 percent, the 13th highest in Ohio.