August is celebrated each year as National Breastfeeding Month, dedicated to increasing the rates of and supporting breastfeeding mothers. Notable breastfeeding initiatives and news in Northeast Florida include: The Healthy Start Coalition is currently implementing a grant from the National Association of County and City Health Officials to improve breastfeeding initiation and duration rates within… Read More
Fathers play an important role in their children’s lives but this population lacks a comprehensive, coordinated effort to sufficiently address the significant and far-reaching challenges that men in the community face. As a result of this gap, and to ensure children grow up with a responsible father in their life, the Coalition launched a new community-wide… Read More
This blog was written by Denise Mills, a former Nurse-Family Partnership participant. NFP is an evidence-based home-visiting model for pregnant women that is implemented within the Healthy Start program in Duval County and funded through the Florida Maternal, Infant and Early Childhood Home Visiting Program. Denise is currently a breastfeeding consultant with the Coalition. During National Breastfeeding Month,… Read More
On August 1, 20 two-year-old children joined a growing group of toddlers that have completed the Nurse-Family Partnership, an evidence-based home-visiting program that helps ensure first-time mothers have the education and resources to have a healthy baby. The graduates are enrollees in the Nurse-Family Partnership program, which launched in 2012 as part of the Florida Maternal,… Read More
On a hot summer morning, four youth from the Southwind Villas Teen Leadership Council set out with a few goals in mind: pick up Christmas presents and meet Santa. Although it was still months away from December, these Teen Leaders were participating in an annual Christmas in July toy drive for Wolfson Children’s Hospital. The… Read More