Jersey Shore University Medical Center Now Providing Innovative Group Health Care for Families
What You Need to Know
Jersey Shore University Medical Center’s Jane H. Booker Family Health Center is now providing families with a CenteringParenting® health care model.
The Centering model combines health assessment, interactive learning and community building to deliver better health outcomes and a better care experience for patients and their providers.
CenteringParenting and CenteringPregnancy are the two group health care models currently supported by the Centering Healthcare Institute.
The CenteringParenting program was made possible with an implementation grant and an additional supplemental grant from The Burke Foundation.
About CenteringPregnancy
CenteringPregnancy brings 8-12 pregnant women who are due around the same time together for prenatal care. Each of the 10 visits is 90 minutes to two hours long. CenteringParenting provides family centered well-child care for the first two years, following the Bright FuturesTM nationally recognized guidelines.
Groups continue on from CenteringPregnancy or begin when 6-8 parents and infants of the same age are brought together for care. Parents are actively involved in their child’s assessment at every visit and an emphasis on family, self-care, wellness and women’s health is woven throughout.