UnitedHealthcare Hosts Baby Shower at Family Health Center for Moms-to-Be and New Moms

UnitedHealthcare Community Plan of Mississippi hosted a Community Baby Shower for expectant moms and new parents at the Jackson Medical Mall where Charlene Collier, M.D. OBGYN with the University of Mississippi Medical Center shared important information on prenatal and postpartum care. Attendees also received information about UnitedHealthcare's Healthy First Steps case management program and BabyBlocks, a free online wellness-incentive program. (Photo Credit: Jimmy Winstead)

JACKSON, Miss.--()--UnitedHealthcare Community Plan of Mississippi, the Department of Health, Women, Infants and Children (WIC), Healthy Home and Safe Sleep, and Jackson Hinds Comprehensive Health Center’s Strong Start Program hosted a baby shower in Jackson for expectant moms and new parents. The baby shower provided expectant moms and new parents with important prenatal and well-baby care resources and information.

Expectant moms and new moms met with health experts to get answers to questions about their pregnancies and receive tips for taking care of their babies, including information on prenatal and postpartum care, and child-care safety. Attendees learned about available well-baby resources, including a demonstration of BabyBlocks®, a free online wellness-incentive program that enables participants to receive email appointment alerts, wellness-related text messages, connect directly with maternity nurses and earn rewards for keeping doctor appointments.

Those in attendance received a free gift bag that included baby-care items such as baby wipes and other items. There was also a raffle for parents with door prizes such as a baby bouncer, car seat and other baby-care items.

About UnitedHealthcare

UnitedHealthcare is dedicated to helping people nationwide live healthier lives by simplifying the health care experience, meeting consumer health and wellness needs, and sustaining trusted relationships with care providers. The company offers the full spectrum of health benefit programs for individuals, employers, military service members, retirees and their families, and Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries, and contracts directly with more than 850,000 physicians and care professionals, and 6,000 hospitals and other care facilities nationwide. Globally, UnitedHealthcare serves 45 million people in health benefits and is one of the businesses of UnitedHealth Group (NYSE: UNH), a diversified Fortune 50 health and well-being company. For more information, visit UnitedHealthcare at www.uhc.com or follow @myUHC on Twitter.

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Media Contact:
UnitedHealthcare
Buddy Castellano, 952-931-4775
Buddy_castellano@uhc.com

Contacts

Media Contact:
UnitedHealthcare
Buddy Castellano, 952-931-4775
Buddy_castellano@uhc.com