WOMEN’S HEALTH
SERVICES
What are Women’s Health
Services?
A wide range of services are
offered to women through the Carteret County Health Department.
Our health care professionals provide medical care, education
and support for women.
Maternal Health
Services are available to uninsured women
and include:
Physical
examination by a Family Nurse Practitioner
Education
Referrals,
as needed, for services such as WIC and follow-up
for abnormal findings
The Family Planning
and Women’s Preventive Health Services
program provides options for women and men to protect themselves
from unwanted pregnancies. Planning for a pregnancy ensures
that parents are best prepared mentally, physically, and
emotionally to care for a child. Services are directed towards
helping women and men and their partners protect themselves
from unwanted pregnancies, and identify conditions that
affect reproductive health, such as sexually transmitted
diseases and breast/cervical cancer.
Available Protective Methods
for Family Planning include:
