"When I became pregnant, I entered the African American Health Program's S.M.I.L.E. program. The program gave me the chance to meet every week with a nurse, and we discussed everything I could do to make sure that Michael was born healthy. After Michael's birth, I still had weekly home meetings with my nurse. She answered all of my questions - about breast feeding, sleeping and all the things new mothers worry about. With AAHP, I feel like I am making the right choices - and I can see the results every day in Michael."

Infant Mortality

The S.M.I.L.E. (Start More Infants Living Equally Healthy) Program was developed in 1999 to address the disparity in infant mortality in the African American population of Montgomery County, Maryland. This special program consists of nurse case managers with experience in maternity and newborn nursing who provide one-on-one home visitation services to fully support the needs of the pregnant/parenting mother. AAHP is committed to giving African American children the healthy start they deserve.