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Board member Shanita Brown featured speaker at Community of Hope event

Northeast Florida Healthy Start Coalition Shanita Brown was a featured speaker at the Community of Hope event on Sept. 12 that focused on improving the 32209 zip code. Brown, a graduate…

New resource briefs on the Patient Protection & Affordable Care Act now available

New resource briefs on the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act are now available for families and professionals on the  Maternal & Child Health Library at Georgetown University website. The…

Rounds at the Grounds 2013 Recap

The 2013 Rounds at the Grounds “The Beginning of an Era” charity softball game hit a home run this year as doctors, nurses and former Jaguars from the “Cinderella Season” shared the field to raise awareness for infant mortality.

Safe infant sleep webinar

There will be a safe infant sleep webinar hosted by the Association of Women’s Health and Obstetric Neonatal Nurses September 19. The webinar, Safe Infant Sleep: Implementing Evidence-Based Recommendations, will…

September: National Infant Mortality Awareness Month

September is National Infant Mortality Awareness Month — a month dedicated to raising awareness of the high rate of infant mortality in the United States. The U.S. ranks 50th in…

Magnolia Project highlighted in Every Woman Southeast “Equity” newsletter

The Magnolia Project’s incorporation of the life course theory into case management services was highlighted as an innovative initiative in the September issue of the Every Woman Southeast e-Newsletter. This ESWE…

Presentation: Health Insurance Marketplace

With the rollout of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), women of childbearing age may be one of the biggest beneficiaries of changes to the health insurance landscape. To prepare for…

Healthy Start Coalition — September Board Meeting

When: Thursday, September 19, 2013 Location: Coalition Conference Room, 644 Cesery Blvd. Ste. 210, Jacksonville, FL Time: 9 am

Coalition becomes administrator of North Florida Health Corps program

The Healthy Start Coalition has officially become the administrator of the North Florida Health Corps, an AmeriCorps program that provides service opportunities to help meet unmet healthcare needs in the region

Fatherhood Initiative planning infant mortality awareness training, event

The Coalition’s Responsible Fatherhood Initiative and the barbers of the Arlington community are targeting fathers, father figures and men of all ages to educate and assist in the prevention of Infant Mortality in Duval County through a training and community event.