This program will allow CVMC Maternity Services to offer each of its clients
the chance to choose traditional prenatal care or the chance to enroll
in a group prenatal option that focuses on building community, empowering
women and improving health outcomes. The group option combines prenatal
classes with prenatal care.
Grants, like the one funding the
Centering Pregnancy program, are one of the ways the March of Dimes pursues its mission of
preventing prematurity, birth defects and infant mortality.
“At CVMC, we found that we could help mothers and babies through
the Centering Pregnancy program,” Beckman said. “We are grateful
that our partnership with March of Dimes North Carolina Chapter will make
it possible for us to support new efforts to help more babies to be born
healthy in the Catawba Valley region.”
For more information about the Centering Pregnancy program and the CVMC
Maternity Services office, please contact Trish Beckman at (828) 326-3053.
About Catawba Valley Medical Center
Catawba Valley Medical Center in Hickory, N.C., is the region’s largest
not-for-profit, public healthcare system and serves the community without
direct funding from taxes. CVMC provides and promotes physical, mental,
emotional and spiritual well-being of the public in addition to serving
as a center for health education, wellness services, preventive medicine
and acute care. CVMC has received three Magnet designations from the American
Nurses Credentialing Center and has been recognized with two Women’s
Choice Awards, being named one of America’s Best 100 Hospitals for
Patient Experience and a 2013 Best Hospital for Patient Experience in
Obstetrics by WomenCertified®. For more information, please visit
http://www.catawbavalleymedical.org.
About March of Dimes
In 2013, the March of Dimes celebrates its 75th Anniversary and its ongoing
work to help babies get a healthy start in life. Early research led to
the Salk and Sabin polio vaccines that all babies still receive. Other
breakthroughs include new treatments for premature infants and children
with birth defects. About 4 million babies are born each year in the United
States, and all have benefited from March of Dimes lifesaving research
and education.