Building Bridges for a Healthy Baby

Building Bridges is a nursing case management program that conducts physical and psychosocial assessment, education, and care planning for at-risk pregnant women and their families by Public Health Nurses.

Building Bridges for a Healthy Baby

Program Information

Building Bridges for a Healthy Baby specializes in antepartum, postpartum, Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS), interconceptional, newborns, and infants up to 12 months.

  • Families usually continue in the program for 6 months to a year.
  • Staff focus on psychosocial and medical high-risk clients and their families.
  • Highly skilled, caring public health nurses conduct physical and psychosocial assessments in the home, by telehealth, and/or community visits.
  • Screenings for developmental delays, depression, domestic violence, substance use, and reproductive health are provided to assess the client’s needs.
  • Goals, community referrals, care plans and interventions are tailored to each client/family.
  • Follow up and monitoring to confirm the client received the services they needed and that they were treated with respect and dignity.

Eligibility

Pregnant women, postpartum, parenting families, and infants 0-12 months old. Families experiencing a Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) / Sudden Unexpected Infant Death (SUID).

How to Enroll

Getting started is easy:
Complete the Confidential Referral Form online.
Have questions or need help with enrollment? Call (510) 667-4333 – our team is happy to assist you.

A smiling couple holds a baby between them. The baby is wearing a striped onesie.Contact Us

Building Bridges for a Healthy Baby
Patricia Calloway, BSN, RN, PHN
Program Manager
Patricia.Calloway@acgov.org
(510) 589-0821
Alameda County Health, Public Health Department
1100 San Leandro Blvd., Suite 200
San Leandro, CA 94577