Thanks to a grant from Ozarks Health Advocacy Foundation (OHAF), 20 local mothers will receive diapers for a year as an incentive to stay tobacco free.
The $6,480
grant from OHAF allows Cox Medical Center Branson to fully implement a Baby
& Me -Tobacco Free program. Baby & Me - Tobacco Free is an evidenced-based
tobacco cessation program targeted specifically at pregnant women.
“Through the
Baby & Me - Tobacco Free program, we will provide counseling, support and
resources to pregnant women in our community,” explains Tracey Williams,
director of OB Women’s Services. “Our goal is to come alongside expectant moms,
help them quit and then incentivize them to stay quit. By helping these
soon-to-be moms become tobacco-free, we’ll be able to improve birth outcomes
and long-term positive outcomes, for mother and baby. We are very grateful of
Ozarks Health Advocacy Foundation’s grant that will help us encourage moms by
providing them with a much needed essential for that first year.”
“At Ozarks
Health Advocacy Foundation, one of our priorities is to address the critical
needs of children,” says Cindy Fulp, president of OHAF. “We believe in the
Branson area, there is a lot of need for a program like Baby & Me. An
estimated 25 percent of pregnant women in Taney and Stone counties use tobacco
and we hope, with this grant, we are able to help move that needle in the right
direction.”
Ozarks Health
Advocacy Foundation is dedicated to enhancing the quality of life in southwest
Missouri by providing support to area nonprofit agencies addressing children's
critical physical, mental, and dental health needs in the Ozarks.
For more
information about Baby & Me – Tobacco Free, visit babyandmetobaccofree.org
or call CoxHealth Women’s Center Branson at 348-8313.
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