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From the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, I'm Ira Dreyfuss with HHS HealthBeat.
When a woman becomes pregnant, she often thinks about starting healthier ways to live. But when she looks for help in figuring out how to do that, does she get helped?
Data from a health survey of new moms called PRAMS shows mixed results. Mary Elizabeth O'Neil of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says women often got help with breastfeeding and nutrition. But she says:
"For some services - such as smoking cessation, helping to reduce violence in the home, and counseling for a family or personal problem - there were gaps in whether women who said they needed the help got that help." (12 seconds)
O'Neil says women who need such help can start by asking their health care providers.
The study is in CDC's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.
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HHS HealthBeat is a production of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. I'm Ira Dreyfuss.