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The Head Start program provides intensive comprehensive child development and family support services to enrolled children, pregnant women and families. Head Start serves families with children ages 3 to 5. Early Head Start serves families with children under the age of 3 and pregnant women.
Florida adopted the Florida Early Learning and Developmental Standards Birth to Kindergarten in December 2017. The standards and benchmarks reflect the knowledge and skills that a child on a developmental progression should know and be able to do at the end of an age-related timeframe.
Healthy Start is a free home visiting program that provides education and care coordination to pregnant women and families of children under the age of three. The goal of the program is to lower risk factors associated with preterm birth, low birth weight, infant mortality and poor developmental outcomes.
5 maj 2021 · A mixed-methods study of postpartum women with entry to care after 14 weeks’ gestation was conducted at a tertiary care hospital in Florida. First, eligible women completed a survey including demographic characteristics and open-ended questions on prenatal care barriers.
Development and piloting of best practices for increasing prenatal screening, and integrating maternal and child health into early childhood development and education at the community-level; Identification of cross-sector systems gaps and needs that contribute to racial and ethnic disparities in maternal, infant and child health and well-being ...
Prenatal education is used to inform women about important prenatal topics in order to promote a healthy lifestyle during pregnancy. This chapter discusses the standards and guidelines for a Healthy Start worker providing Healthy Start Prenatal Education services.
Describe prenatal development and birth process. Demonstrate awareness of the critical development that occurs during the prenatal period to three years of age.
