Pregnancy care includes recommending medicine control for pregenant women, conversations that includes information and directions according to needs from parents, individual or in groups. Guarding duty considering birth and how to get the birth section. Control after birth.

Description of the service

Target group
Pregnant women and their families or orthers that have questions around pregnancy, birth and contraception.

Cooperative partners
Doctors that women use, nurse by the health station. Birth section with policlinic, and other needs for social office, ministery of children and family affairs or psychical policlinic.

How to get the service

Contact by phone or go to the office, to make appointments.
To get the service you have to live or stay in the local authority.

Complaints

If you are not satified with the service the health center provides, you may complain to nurse in charge or the health and social head official. If you think you haven`t had professional justifiable help at the health center, you may complain to the county doctor.

Laws and guidelines

Lov om kommunehelseteneste
Lov om helsepersonell
NOU 1984:, 5- Perinatal omsorg i Norge
Advice for preganancy caring for the community health service 95

Contact information

Section for preventive health service and qualification
Phone 57 71 16 16 (Aud Kjersti Haugen)
Fax 57 71 16 01

Visiting adress:
Storgata 8, 6993 Høyanger

Opening hours:
Weekdays 08:00 – 14:30