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The Florida Department of Health works to protect, promote, and improve the health of all people in Florida through integrated state, county, and community efforts.
Florida Healthy Babies Initiative
Citrus County Health Department
- 352-527-0068
- WebMaster09@FLhealth.gov
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Fax
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Mailing Address
3700 West Sovereign Path
Lecanto, Florida 34461
Florida Healthy Babies is a collaborative statewide initiative to reduce infant mortality, engaging with the department’s 67 local health offices and numerous community partners to address infant mortality with evidence-based interventions.
The goals of the Florida Healthy Babies Citrus Partnership include:
- Encourage early entry into prenatal care
- Distribute safe sleep education through websites, social media, community partners and safe sleep goodie bags
- Promote the Infant Feeding Line to the community through community partners, WIC and community engagement
- Educate parents on healthy infant feeding practices
- Increase awareness of pregnancy and substance use care available at DOH-Citrus through community engagement
- Provide resources, education and assistance with breastfeeding and infant feeding
- Provide resources on perinatal mood disorders during interoception to reduce risk of substance dependency prior to pregnancy
Florida Healthy Babies hosts a weekly Baby and Me Group on Wednesdays at 11 a.m. at the DOH-Citrus main office in Lecanto (3700 W. Sovereign Path, Lecanto, FL, 34461).
For safe sleep information and resources, help with infant feeding, expert breastfeeding education and support, call Felicia Deluca, IBCLC, at 352-513-6060.
For additional resources, visit StrongFLMoms.com.
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