What is the NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) doing to address gestational diabetes?
The Gestational Diabetes Initiative is a program to educate and provide resources for women who have had gestational diabetes during their pregnancy. The DOHMH will send resource packets to more than 4,000 affected mothers describing health risks, providing tools for new mothers and their babies, and directing women to health care services. Information about gestational diabetes will also be provided through critical programs such as the Nurse-Family Partnership, a program proven to dramatically improve health and social conditions in low-income families; the Newborn Visit program, which reaches out to new mothers for a single visit; and through medical providers and community organizations throughout the city. • • Through the Nurse-Family Partnership and Newborn Home Visiting Program, health workers will work directly with mothers who have had gestational diabetes. The Nurse-Family Partnership is an intensive program for first-time moms, in which nurses meet with families every 1-2 we
