Provides nursing visits to pregnant and parenting women living in Dallas, Polk, Madison and Warren Counties. Services include prenatal and postpartum health education and child development screening. Interpretation services are available.
Outreach Specialists assist uninsured families, children, and pregnant women in obtaining health care coverage and finding a doctor or dentist. Services include answering questions about available insurance options, assisting with completing Hawki or Medicaid applications, advocacy, community referrals, EveryStep Dental Voucher Program for children.
Provide infrastructure building and enabling services. Infrastructure building activities include partnerships with tobacco control community, connections with Quitline, health equity, distribute information on IA maternal mortality, referrals for prenatal care (medical/dental), partnering with breastfeeding community, linking persons to breastfeeding resources, provide information to persons interested in breastfeeding, work with community of importance of safe sleep, connect families with resources for cribs, education on importance of oral health during pregnancy and working with dental/medical provides.
Other services offered include presumptive eligibility for pregnant women and medical/dental care coordination.
Provides a maternity home (NOT A SHELTER) dedicated to the physical, emotional, and spiritual well-being of single pregnant mothers, girls that are not pregnant but have an infant, or girls who are pregnant with another young child (infant) with them. It is a safe haven where they can stay while learning the skills they need to make a better life for themselves and their babies.
The Promise Community Health Midwifery Team offers care that is tailored to the needs of a patient's growing family and is designed to support them through the changes experienced throughout life.
Midwives are highly-trained healthcare professionals who provide many healthcare options for women. Certified Nurse Midwives offer services including fertility counseling, birth control counseling, gynecologic exams, breast exams, prenatal care, home-birth delivery, postpartum care, and more.
HHH offers professional caregivers to provide prenatal and postnatal assistance.
Services include post-operative C-section care, light housekeeping, laundry, cooking, caring for other children in the home, infant care, and companionship.
Provides health education to the public and to schools. Helps with planning and preparedness for infectious diseases or other public health incidents for the Decatur County area. Offers immunizations to children, adolescents and adults, including the flu vaccine.
Home health care services and home nursing is provided to those in need. Can provide personal care assistance for bathing, hair care, housekeeping and laundry, meal planning and preparation, errands, and waiver services.
Guttenberg Clinic is a Certified Rural Health Clinic offering primary and specialty care services. Services include:
Confidential HIV testing,
Birth control counseling
Childhood immunizations,
Depression screening,
Flu vaccines and pneumococcal/pneumonia immunizations,
General physical examinations,
Gynecology services,
HPV immunizations,
Obstetrical care (prenatal and postpartum care),
Pregnancy testing,
Sexually transmitted disease screening and treatment,
Shingles immunizations, and
Well baby care.
Provides pregnancy testing, prenatal care, delivery of baby at Mercy Birth Center, dental and nutrition education, counseling, postpartum care, home visit following delivery, access to WIC, insurance application assistance.
A staff member will coordinate health services such as obtaining a physician, payment sources, prenatal education and perform social assessment and guidance.
Home Health Care provides a skilled nursing care and home health care service. Services include: personal care; essential shopping; housekeeping; meal preparation; respite care; companionship and emotional support; personal care; transportation; medication administration and teaching; Intravenous and TPN therapy; wound care; enteral feeding; prenatal and postpartum care; phototherapy; and Telemonitoring of vital signs, weight and blood sugar readings; physical, occupational, speech, and respiratory therapies; lab testing; registered dietitian; and pharmacy consultations. Social workers available to provide assistance in identifying community resources and case management.
Maternity services at Iowa Methodist Medical Center, Methodist West, and Iowa Lutheran Hospital believe in a family-centered approach to the birth experience. A complete range of educational classes, birthing facilities, and post-birth care options are available. Call for more information to arrange a tour or to register for classes. Services include breast- feeding consultation, prepared brother and sister and grand-parenting classes, mother and baby exercise, and infant and child CPR, etc. Call for more information regarding postpartum depression.
Edgewood Clinic is a Certified Rural Health Clinic offering primary and specialty care services. Services include:
Confidential HIV testing,
Birth control counseling
Childhood immunizations,
Depression screening,
Flu vaccines and pneumococcal/pneumonia immunizations,
General physical examinations,
Gynecology services,
HPV immunizations,
Obstetrical care (prenatal and postpartum care),
Pregnancy testing,
Sexually transmitted disease screening and treatment,
Shingles immunizations, and
Well baby care.
Garnavillo Clinic is a Certified Rural Health Clinic offering primary and specialty care services. Services include:
Confidential HIV testing,
Birth control counseling
Childhood immunizations,
Depression screening,
Flu vaccines and pneumococcal/pneumonia immunizations,
General physical examinations,
Gynecology services,
HPV immunizations,
Obstetrical care (prenatal and postpartum care),
Pregnancy testing,
Sexually transmitted disease screening and treatment,
Shingles immunizations, and
Well baby care.
Home Health Care offers a skilled nursing care and home health care service. Services include: personal care; essential shopping; housekeeping; meal preparation; respite care; companionship and emotional support; personal care; transportation; medication administration and teaching; Intravenous and TPN therapy; wound care; enteral feeding; prenatal and postpartum care; phototherapy; and Telemonitoring of vital signs, weight and blood sugar readings; physical, occupational, speech, and respiratory therapies; lab testing; registered dietitian; and pharmacy consultations. Social workers available to provide assistance in identifying community resources and case management.