Maternal & Child Health
The Maternal Health Program is dedicated to ensuring the health of mothers and children in Marion, Monroe, Lucas, and Wayne County.
Services for pregnant women:
- Finding health care coverage
- Help you find a health care provider or dentist
- Education to promote a healthy pregnancy
- Evaluate emotional stress and family adjustment to pregnancy and parenting
- Oral Health Services
- Arranging transporation to medical and dental appointments
- Making doctor appointments
- Social support and guidance
- Nutrition education
- Home visit after you deliver your baby
The Child Health Program is dedicated to ensuring the health of children birth to 21 in Appanoose, Lucas, Marion, Monroe, and Wayne County.
Child Health services include:
- Help to locate a doctor or dentist
- Finding health care coverage- Hawk-i
- Finding health care coverage- Title XIX
- Reminders when your child/children need medical and dental checkups
- Making doctor appointments
- Help to find community resources
- Health education and support
- Oral Health Services
- Help with payments for physical and dental exams
- Blood lead testing
- Immunizations- 0-6 yrs, 7-18 yrs, Catch up on immunizations
- Developmental screenings
If you would like more information please click here and someone will contact you or email the coordinator at rcecil@marionph.org.
About Us
Programs
- Care for Yourself
- Child Care Nurse Consultant
- Community Transformation
- Elderly Waiver
- Emergency Response
- Environmental Health
- Hawk-i
- Homemaker
- Immunizations
- I-SmileTM
- Lead
- Maternal Child Health
- Parents as Teachers
- Preschool Tuition Assistance
- Public Health Nursing
- Tobacco
- WIC
- Other Programs
Resources
- CCR&R
- Drake Headstart
- Resource Directory
- Crossroads of Pella
- Empowerment
- Center for Disease Control and Prevention
Contact Us
Marion County Public Health Department
2003 N. Lincoln
Box 152
Knoxville, IA 50138
Phone: (641) 828-2238
Fax: (641) 842-3442