Program Benefits
To address health, environmental and stress factors that can impact birth outcomes and the development of infants and children.
Low birth weight babies are 40 times more likely to die in the first month of life, and are at greater risk for long-term health and developmental problems. Research indicates that infants born to women with no prenatal care are 16 times more likely to die in the first month of life than babies of women who had more than five prenatal visits.