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The Baby & Me: Tobacco Free Program is a tobacco
cessation program for pregnant women living in Crawford, Martin, Orange County, and Washington Counties. Hoosier Uplands has partnered with Blue River
Services WIC (Women, Infant, and Children) to educate pregnant women to the dangers associated
with smoking during pregnancy and the risks of secondhand smoke exposure to
both mother and baby. The Baby & Me:
Tobacco Free Program provides pregnant women, who use tobacco products, with
the tools needed to help them stop using tobacco and remain tobacco free after
the birth of their child. The program
also provides tobacco cessation counseling for one qualifying support person
living in the household to decrease secondhand smoke exposure to the infant
after delivery. In addition to cessation
counseling, the program provides $27 diaper vouchers for each month the mother
and support person test negative for tobacco use for up to 2 months prior to delivery and 12 months after
delivery.
Hoosier Uplands received a grant from the Indiana State
Department of Health, Division of Maternal and Child Health to fund this
program. The Baby & Me: Tobacco Free
Program plans to service 50 pregnant mothers, along with their support person, for the grant years of 2017-2019.
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