Major Health Partners: Baby & Me-Tobacco Free Program Fundraising Night at Dairy Queen
On Wednesday, July 11 the Shelbyville Dairy Queen is hosting a fundraising night from 4 p.m. to 10 p.m. They will be donating 15% of their sales during that time to the Baby & Me Tobacco Free Program at Major Health Partners. The Baby & Me Tobacco Free program assists pregnant women and their familiar to quit smoking while allowing them to earn FREE DIAPERS! It may sound too good to be true, yet the BABY & ME – Tobacco Free Program was recently designated a “Best Practice” by the Association of Maternal and Child Health Programs (AMCHP). Programs with this designation have been reviewed by experts in the public health field as proven effective and we offer this program at MHP.
The BABY & ME – Tobacco Free Program is a smoking cessation program for pregnant women and their families. It helps pregnant women and a support partner quit smoking while pregnant and then remain quit after baby is born. Through a series of face-to-face counseling sessions, women and their families are given tools and support needed to make a successful quit attempt and are rewarded with FREE DIAPERS in the form of a diaper voucher for their success. Research has shown that incentives, such as diapers, are a unique and positive motivator to aid in behavior change. We know that encouraging pregnant women to quit smoking is vital to ensuring the best birth outcomes.