Interconceptional Care (ICC)
Interconceptional Education and counseling is what we know as "Women's Health" provides activities that educate and inform the woman about access to health care, family planning, nutrition, physical activity, maternal infections, chronic health problems, substance abuse, smoking, mental health and environmental risk factors.
Provider Qualifications: Interconceptional education and counseling are provided by trained and qualified health related professions and paraprofessionals using approved protocols, procedures, competencies and curriculum with learning objectives. The primary purpose of this curriculum is to educate and inform the women about health behaviors that will help to reduce risk and improve subsequent birth outcomes.
Facilitator's guide
Who receives Interconceptional Care?
- Mothers of infants who are in Healthy Start
- A Healthy Start Prenatal woman experiencing a fetal loss or infant death
- Healthy Start prenatal woman who had a loss due to adoption or foster care
- A woman who was not previously a Healthy Start participant but is experiencing a fetal loss or an infant death
- Any Healthy Start woman
Length of time for Interconceptional Care
- A mother of an infant can be provided care up until the infant case is closed
- A woman experiencing a fetal loss or infant death may be served up to two years
Level of Care
- Women with an infant in Healthy Start will be provided the same level as the infant
Women experiencing a fetal loss or infant death or a loss due to adoption or foster care the level of risk will determine the level of care
Care coordination will focus on linking the women to:
- Primary Care
- Smoking Cessation Program
- Substance Abuse Treatment
- Counseling to Reduce Stress
- Nutrition Counseling
- Family Planning
- Dental Care