Escambia County Healty Start Coalition

At Healthy Start, our goal is to make sure you have the information necessary to keep your baby safe. Click here for more information.

How Healthy Start Works

Healthy Start Coalitions are non-profit organizations dedicated to improving the health of pregnant women and babies in a community.

The state's 33 Coalitions are partnerships made up of local public and private medical professionals, hospitals, schools, charities, social services agencies, the United Way, the March of Dimes and individuals. Coalition members will work together to identify and resolve local health problems that affect pregnant women and their families.

2012 Healthy Start Baby Shower

Come learn the basics for keeping moms and babies healthy!

Exhibits, Speakers, Refreshments, and Prizes.

April 28, 2012 Washington High School
600 College Pkwy. 9AM to 1PM

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Say Yes to Screening

A Healthy Start Screening is a confidential form that you fill out in your doctor’s office or hospital that could give you access to free services to help you have and keep a healthy baby. Eligibility is based on those assessments, not on financial factors. Say YES and a Healthy Start nurse will contact you.

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The safest way for your baby to sleep is ALONE, on his or her BACK, in a CRIB.

If a blanket is used, it should be light-weight and tucked under the mattress at the bottom and sides of the crib. Place baby in the center of the crib mattress with the feet at the foot of the crib and place the blanket so it reaches no higher than baby’s chest.

Click here to watch a short video for more information.