The delivery of a healthy baby is a primary outcome of the Guilford Child Development Early Head Start and Nurse-Family Partnership programs. Prenatal education is a crucial aspect of a healthy delivery. Pregnant adolescents and women who enroll in these programs receive comprehensive and relevant information about what to expect during pregnancy.

Early Head Start uses the Partners for a Healthy Baby curriculum for expectant mothers, which provides both prenatal and postpartum education in a simple, easy-to-understand format. Expectant mothers learn key information such as common discomforts of pregnancy, questions to ask the obstetrician, how the baby is developing and growing during pregnancy, the importance of taking prenatal vitamins, avoidance of poisonous substances and other important information needed to have a healthy pregnancy and birth.

Nurse Family Partnership (NFP) uses the Pregnancy and Early Childhood protocols used in our nurse home visitation program, developed by David L. Olds and associates at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center. NFP nurses emphasize prenatal health, access to care, maternal support, child development education, individualized development, and family self-sufficiency. There are several beneficial parallels between Nurse Family Partnership and Early Head Start that benefit expectant women and children.

Follow this link to the National Nurse-Family Partnership site.