More than 30 health care providers and other professionals from the Baker County area participated in a safe sleep lunch and learn on November 16th. Healthy Baker, the Baker County Health Department and the Northeast Florida Healthy Start Coalition hosted the event. The even featured Dr. Bruce McIntosh, a board certified Jacksonville pediatrician with 42… Read More
Each year, November 17th is recognized as World Prematurity Day. More than 13 million babies are born prematurely worldwide every year. A million will die before their first birthdays. Premature birth is the #1 cause of death during the first month of life. Even babies born just a few weeks too soon can face serious health… Read More
Florida maintained a “D” grade in the 2012 March of Dimes Premature Birth Report Card, released this week during Prematurity Awareness Month. The premature birth rate declined to a preliminary rate of 13 percent in 2011, but was still higher than the March of Dimes 2020 goal of 9.6 percent. While the rate of uninsured… Read More
Breastfeeding but not co-sleeping has the best affect on the welfare of a mother, according to a new study released at the American Public Health Association meeting this week. The study from the School of Education and Social Policy at Northwestern University looked at a mother’s level of the stress hormone cortisol in several different… Read More
KidsWell Florida released a toolbox today that provides simplified information about how kids currently access health care and ways to improve the Florida KidCare program. Florida has the third highest number of uninsured children despite efforts to enroll children in Medicaid and the state children’s health insurance program. The toolbox includes policies or practices that can be… Read More