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Healthy Start
A Program directed by Jane Schroeder, RN, through The McDowell Hospital to identify ‘at risk’ children within two weeks of birth.  Children are tracked for incidences of injury, hospitalization, well checks, and immunizations.  Home visitation is stressed using the Hawaii Healthy Start Model.

First Steps
A nationally recognized primary child abuse prevention program.  Parents receive a hospital visit and a home visit, as well as telephone follow-up for the first six months after the child’s birth.  The service is offered to ALL new Moms that deliver at The McDowell Hospital who are otherwise not eligible for established home visitation programs.
 

70 North Main Street Suite 3
PO Drawer 158, Marion, NC 28752
ph: 828-659-2462, fx: 828-659-1934
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