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People's Community Clinic Dental Program
1101 Camino la Costa Austin, Texas 78752
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CommUnity Care Dental Clinics: MAP Dental Clinics
- Braker Lane — (512) 978-9880
- S. 1st Street — (512) 978-9865
- Ben White — (512) 978-9700
- Montopolis — (512) 978-9905
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CommuniCare Health Centers (Dental)
- Accepted Payers: Self-pay (sliding fees) service done at a reduced fee
- Provides: routine dental care, extractions, cleanings, root canals, crowns, bridges dentures and partials
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St. David's Foundation
- To request appointment — (512) 879-6231
Qualifications:
Must be part of the following school districts:
Austin, Manor, Del Valle, Pflugerville, Round Rock & Hays- Mobile Dental Vans
- Can ask for school nurse to assist with appointment
- Only sees children 5 years old and up
- No fee
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Lone Star Circle of Care
Hours: 7:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Georgetown (adults and all children) Round Rock (children and adolescent) Bastrop (adults and children)
Call the number above to make an appointment
Cost based on income, fee for service $75-$250
Provides: routine care, fillings, extractions, stainless steel crowns (no gold or porcelain) and partial dentures.
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HIV/AIDS: Jack Sansing Dental Clinic
Sliding scale/services done at a reduced fee
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Manos De Cristo
Hours: M-F: 7:00 AM - 7:00 PM, Takes walk-in for emergencies M-F: 7:30-12
4911 Harmon Avenue Austin, TX 78751
Children 8 and over, adults, and seniors
- Accepted Payers: Self-pay (sliding fees) service done at a reduced fee
- Provides: routine dental care, extractions, cleanings, root canals, crowns, bridges, dentures and partials
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Austin Community College (ACC) Dental Hygiene Program
- Exam, x-rays and cleanings only, each appointment can take up to 3 hours
- $49-$99 for cleanings
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Denture Centers
- Affordable Dentures — (512) 400-0631
- Bastrop Denture and Implant Center — (512) 303-6900
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UT Dental School — San Antonio
Hours: M-F by appointment only
- Dental Screening $39
- Emergency appointment $40
- Low cost dental treatment
Trimester: First Trimester
Learn more about having a healthy pregnancy from 0 to 13 weeks.
Prenatal Legal Checkup & Videos
People’s Community Clinic’ Medical-Legal Partnership created a legal checkup to help expectant parents in Texas. Watch the videos to help understand common legal needs while pregnant.
What is a legal checkup?
A legal checkup is a tool that can be used by people during all stages of life to figure out:
- What legal needs they may have
- What legal issues they can prevent
What is a prenatal legal checkup?
The Medical-Legal Partnership’s prenatal legal checkup is designed to start conversations about health-harming legal needs during pregnancy. Each video covers a different issue, including health insurance, food security, domestic violence, employment, housing, healthcare decisions, parental rights, and breastfeeding. The goal is to help expecting parents to take their health into their own hands.
Why is a prenatal legal checkup important?
- Every year, 1.7 million people in the U.S. get sick or die simply from getting pregnant.
- Many illnesses and deaths are due to where we live, grow, work, play, worship, and age. These are called “social determinants of health,” and they matter a lot in staying healthy.
- Social determinants of health are shaped by legal requirements and restrictions. Having a lawyer can help you know your rights and live a healthier a life.
What if I think I may need legal help after watching the prenatal legal checkup videos?
Find help at TexasLawHelp’s legal help directory.
A note for providers about our prenatal legal checkup video series:
When we added a popular model of group prenatal care, we realized a lot of questions were asked that our traditional healthcare team did not have the structural expertise to fully answer. So we added a medical-legal partnership (MLP) lawyer to our facilitating care team. Like our other MLP attorneys, the prenatal care lawyer is embedded onsite to help address health-harming legal needs. Our MLP model also includes integrating the legal team’s structural expertise into every part of the delivery of healthcare, and so the prenatal care lawyer helped our clinicians and educators plan a curriculum for whole-person care throughout pregnancy. Our MLP lawyers also attend group medical visits, giving patients real-time access to integrated legal expertise. Patients reported reduced stress and increased legal literacy, and our providers reported improved self-efficacy in providing whole-person care. To help assure sustainability, we turned our live sessions into this video series, and we created this website to share our work with you.
Health Insurance
Watch this video to learn more about how to cover the cost of prenatal healthcare. Related topics include:
Public benefits and food security
Watch this video to learn more about what benefits may be available to help your family get nutritious food. Such benefits may include:
Employment
- Watch this video to learn more about what rights expectant parents have in the workplace. Learn more at Pregnancy and the workplace.
Domestic violence
Watch this video about Protective Orders to learn more about how to stay safe from domestic violence.
Housing
Watch this video to learn more about housing rights. Related material on TexasLawHelp.org includes:
Medical decision-making
- Watch this video about medical Decision-making to learn more about how you can control or share your right to make medical decisions during pregnancy, especially if you face a serious pregnancy complication.
Parental Rights: Part One
Watch this video to learn more about parental rights, such as visitation and who gets to make decisions about the child. Topics include:
Parental Rights: Part Two
Watch this video to learn more about parental rights, such as safe visits when one parent has been abusive or is a danger to the child.
Breastfeeding
- Watch this video to learn about your rights as a breastfeeding parent in the workplace. Topics include break time for nursing mothers.
Early childhood issues
Watch this video to learn about government benefits that can help you get your child extra help in the community and at school, such as SSI. Related topics include:
Guide to Helpful Programs & Services
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Medicaid
Medicaid offers health care coverage for children, pregnant women, people with impairments, people 65 and older, and some adults caring for children. It helps with bills for doctors, hospitals, nursing homes, and drugs ordered by a doctor (prescriptions). Children who get Medicaid will also be in the Texas Health Steps program.
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Texas Health Steps
Texas Health Steps is a health-care program for children, teens, and young adults ages 20 and younger who have Medicaid. It offers medical and dental checkups and many other health-care services.
Call 2-1-1 or go to www.211texas.org for information about:
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Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP)
CHIP is for children ages 18 and younger. It is an Insurance program for families who earn too much money to get Medicaid, but cannot pay for private insurance.
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CHIP Perinatal Coverage
The CHIP perinatal coverage offers prenatal care to pregnant women who cannot get Medicaid and do not have other health coverage. Benefits may include up to 20 prenatal visits; drugs ordered by a doctor; costs of giving birth; 2 doctor visits for the mom after the baby is born; and regular checkups, vaccines and drugs ordered by a doctor for the baby.
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Newborn Screening
All babies born in Texas must be screened for 29 medical disorders. Two tests are done using drops of blood from the baby’s heel. Tests are done 1 to 2 days after birth and again at 7 to 14 days after birth. Early detection and treatment can prevent serious health problems.
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Child Support Enforcement Services
- State-wide toll-free number — +1 (800) 252-8014
The Office of the Attorney General helps families establish a child’s legal father, set child support, collect child support payments, find absent parents, and offers services to help parents work together to meet their children’s physical and emotional needs.
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Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), formerly known as Food Stamps
SNAP helps families buy food. SNAP benefits are given through the Lone Star Card. This is a plastic card that is used like a debit card.
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Early Childhood Intervention (ECI)
ECI helps children birth to 3 years of age with impairments and delays in growth or learning. ECI services help children reach their full potential.
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Family Planning Services
Most family planning clinics offer pregnancy testing and counseling, birth control methods and counseling, tests for breast and cervical cancers and HIV testing and counseling. Ask your provider if confidential visits are available.
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Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF)
TANF helps families with children ages 18 and younger pay for things like food, clothing, and housing. TANF benefits are given through the Lone Star Card. This is a plastic card that is used like a debit card.
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Head Start and Early Head Start
These programs promote healthy development in preschool children from birth to age 5. Priorities include education, family literacy, health, and childcare.
Other Programs & Services
- Texas Workforce Commission
- Education
- Postpartum Depression
- Emotional Wellbeing
- Housing
- Child Abuse Reporting
- HIV and STD
- Rent Payment Assistance
- Utility Assistance
- Women’s Health
Map of St. David’s Hospital
Danger Signs
These are pregnancy danger signs to
watch out for:
- Bleeding from the vagina
- Severe pain or cramping in the lower stomach
- Chest pain
- Headache that is severe or will not go away
- Changes in vision (blurring or seeing spots)
- More than normal swelling of the feet or ankles
- Puffiness in the hands or face
- Fever
- Burning when you pee
- Pressure in the pelvis and low dull backache
Call the your provider immediately.
In case of an emergency, call 911 or go directly to St. David’s Emergency Room.
Now’s the time to protect your baby from whooping cough
Zika Awareness
CDC’s Response to Zika
What we know about Zika
- Zika can be passed from a pregnant woman to her fetus.
- Zika infection during pregnancy can cause certain birth defects.
- Zika is spread mostly by the bite of an infected mosquito. Zika-carrying mosquitos are aggressive daytime biters. They can also bite at night.
- There has been no local transmission of Zika in the continental US.
- There is no vaccine to prevent and no medicine to treat Zika.
- Zika can be spread by a man to his partners.
More about Zika
What we don’t know about Zika
- We don’t know if there is a safe time during your pregnancy to travel to an area with Zika.
- If you do travel and are infected, we don’t know how likely it is that the virus will infect your fetus and if your baby will have birth defects.
Symptoms of Zika
- Many people with Zika won’t know that they have it. The illness is usually mild with symptoms lasting for several days to a week.
- The most common symptoms of Zika are:
- Fever
- Rash
- Joint Pain
- Conjunctivitis (red eyes)
Special precautions for pregnant women
- Delay travel to areas with Zika.
- Pregnant women and their male partners should strictly follow steps to prevent mosquito bites.
- If you have a male partner who lives in or travels to an area with Zika, you should use condoms the right way every time you have intercourse, or do not have intercourse during the pregnancy.
- If you develop the symptoms of Zika, see a healthcare provider right away for testing.
Special precautions for women trying to become pregnant
- Women trying to become pregnant and their male partners should strictly follow steps to prevent mosquito bites.
- Talk to your healthcare provider about plans to become pregnant.
Your Best Protection: Prevent Mosquito Bites
- Wear clothing that protects your skin. You can also treat clothing with permethrin or purchase permethrin-treated clothing. Do NOT use permethrin products directly on skin.
- When indoors, stay in places with air conditioning or that use window and door screens to keep mosquitoes outside. Sleep under a mosquito bed net if air conditioned or screened rooms are not available or if sleeping outdoors.
- Use Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)-registered insect repellents. When used as directed, these insect repellents are safe and effective for pregnant and breastfeeding women.
Your Guide To Pregnancy
What to expect and how to make it memorable
We are here to help keep you and your baby healthy and happy from conception to birth and then for years after. This guide will discuss common pregnancy concerns and ways that you can stay healthy.
Medications During Pregnancy
No medication is considered 100% safe during pregnancy.
Expectant mothers / parents need to be extra careful about which medications, herbs, and herbal remedies they take. If you have questions about the safety of any medications while you are pregnant, talk to your health care provider or nurse.
DO NOT take Accutane, aspirin or Pepto-Bismol while you are pregnant.
general recommendations for common symptoms
Acne
OPTIONS
- Benzoyl Peroxide
- Clindamycin
- Topical Erythromycin
- Salicylic Acid
AVOID
- Accutane
- Retin-A
- Tetracycline
- Minocycline
Antibiotics
OPTIONS
- Ceclor
- Cephalosporins
- E-mycins
- Keflex
- Macrobid/Macrodantin
- Penicillin
- Zithromax
AVOID
- Cipro
- Tetracycline
- Minocycline
- Levaquin
- Bactrim
Colds/Allergies
OPTIONS
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- Benadryl, Claritin, Zyrtec
- Claritin-D**
- Chlor-Trimeton, Dimetapp
- Drixoral-Non-Drowsy
- Mucinex (guaifenesin)
- Sudafed**/Sudafed-12 Hour**
- Sudafed PE
Pseudoephendrine**
- Tylenol Cold & Sinus**
- Vicks Vapor Rub
**AVOID IF PROBLEMS WITH HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE
Constipation
OPTIONS
- Colace, Miralax, Senakot
- Dulcolax Suppository
- Fibercon, Metamucil
Cough
OPTIONS
- Cough Drops
- Phenergan w/Codeine if prescribed
- Robitussin (plain & DM)
Crab/Lice
OPTIONS
- RID
AVOID
- Kwell
Gas
OPTIONS
- Gas-X
- Mylicon
- Phazyme
Headaches
OPTIONS
- Cold Compress
- Tylenol (Regular or Extra Strength
- Acetaminophen
Heartburn
OPTIONS
- Avoid lying down for at least 1 hour after meals
- Aciphex, Maalox, Mylanta, Pepcid, Milk of Magnesia
- Pepcid, Prilosec, Rolaids
- Zantac
- Tums (limit 4/day)
Hemorrhoids
OPTIONS
- Anusol/Anusol H.C.
- (RX: Analapram 2.5%)
- Hydrocortisone OTC
- Preparation H, Tucks
- Vaseline lotion applied to tissue
Herpes
OPTIONS
- Acyclovir
- Famvir
- Valtrex
Nasal Spray
OPTIONS
- Saline Nasal Spray
Nausea
OPTIONS
- Vitamin B6 25mg 3 times daily
- Unisom ¼ or ½ tablet at bedtime
- Dramamine, Emetrol
- Ginger Root 250mg 4 times daily
- High Complex Carbs at Bedtime
- Sea Bands – Acupressure
- RX: Diclegis
Pain
OPTIONS
- Tylenol (500-1000 mg per 6 hours), Darvocet**
- Lortab**, Percocet**
- Tramadol**, Tylenol 3**
- Ultram**, Vicodin*
**Narcotic medications should only be used when prescribed for a legitimate medical problem by a doctor for a short period of time.
AVOID
- Ibuprofen
Rash
OPTIONS
- Benadryl
- 1% Hydrocortisone Cream
Sleep Aids
OPTIONS
- Benadryl
- Chamomile Tea
- Unisom, Tylenol PM
- Warm milk – add vanilla or sugar for flavor
Throat
OPTIONS
- Cepacol
- Cepastat
- Salt Water Gargle w/ warm water
- Throat Lozenges
Tooth Pain
OPTIONS
- Oragel
Yeast Infection
OPTIONS
- Gyne-lotrimin, Monistat-3
- Terazol-3
AVOID
- 1 Day Creams
Protect Two From The Flu
Protect your baby from Whooping Cough and Flu
Whooping cough is a bad bacterial illness easily passed from person to person. Flu is a virus that is also easily passed from person to person.
Whooping cough and flu are life threatening to babies. What can you do about it?
Surround your baby with protection
- Tell the people who have contact with your baby to get the whooping cough shot (Tdap) and the flu shot!
- They can get the shots from their doctor, or find more information at www.austintexas.gov/immunizations
- Or they can call the “BIG SHOTS” program at 512-972-5520
- Get the Flu shot every year during flu season.
The Tdap shot is for people 11 years old and older