Alameda County’s Black Infant Health Program (BIH) offers long-term case management services to support at-risk pregnant and parenting African American women and men.
BIH program goals:
- Reduce deaths of African American infants, including deaths due to Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS).
- Increase first trimester prenatal care visits by pregnant African-American women.
- Provision of health care services during the perinatal period for African American women and children.
Black Infant Health Role of Men Program (ROM) provides in-home or office case management services on pregnancy/parenting education, social support and male responsibility.
ROM program goals:
- Teach fathers how to assist the mother in having a full term and healthy pregnancy
- Help fathers create healthier lifestyles by eliminating or modifying at-risk behaviors such as smoking, domestic violence, stress.
- Increase awareness of healthy nutrition and household gender responsibility.
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| Program Eligibility: |
Pregnant and parenting African American women and their partners who are residents of Alameda County and have children under 12 months of age.
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What makes a pregnant woman at risk?
- Little or no prenatal care
- Drinking, smoking or using drugs
- History of pre-term labor
- Ongoing medical problems such as diabetes, high blood pressure, STDs and sickle-cell anemia
- Stress
- Poor nutrition
- History of multiple births (twins, triplets, etc.)
Black Infant Health and Role of Men Programs offer:
- Referrals to health and social services
- Information on job training; counseling, GED/high school diploma completion
- Monthly home or office visits by a Public Health Nurse and/or Community Health Outreach Worker
- Social support & empowerment classes
- Role of Men case management for fathers
- ROM Workshops
- Baby Shop / Family Circle
- Transportation assistance to medical appointments
- Prenatal/postpartum education
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| Major Events and Activities: |
Healthy Baby Health Fair (June)
Baby Pageants (June)
Fatherhood Celebration (June)
December Holiday Celebration
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| Web Links: |
National Institute of Child Health & Human Development
www.nichd.nih.gov
U.S. Dept. of Health & Human Services Women’s Health
www.4woman.gov
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| Contact Information: |
Yvonne Youngblood, RN, BSN, MS – BIH Coordinator
1000 San Leandro Blvd.
San Leandro, CA 94577
(510) 618-1980
Jason Stanford, BIH Role of Men Coordinator
1000 San Leandro Blvd.
San Leandro, CA 94577
(510) 618-1983
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