More than 40 community-based prenatal and newborn home visitors participated in an interagency N-TOUCH training on May 10 that builds on the latest information about how best to prepare children…
The infant mortality rate in Northeast Florida ticked up slightly in 2012 to 7.2 deaths per 1,000 live births. In 2011, the region’s infant mortality rate was 6.5 deaths per…
Teen Leaders from Northeast Florida are joining thousands of other youth from around the country to get out the word: Sex has consequences. May 1 is the National Day to…
Dig Into Reading, a Jacksonville Public Library summer reading program, encourages not just children to read over summer, but also for parents to read to their infants as well. The…
Outgoing Coalition Executive Director Carol Brady has been featured in the “Faces of FIMR” spotlight in the National Fetal & Infant Mortality Review Spring 2013 newsletter. The article highlights how using the FIMR…
Thank you to everyone who came out Saturday, April 27 to walk with the Healthy Start Coalition for the 2013 First Coast March for Babies! More than 30 Coalition staff, Preconception Peer Educators and 4Me Teen Health Project facilitators, teen participants and parents walked the 1.5 mile route at Everbank Bank in honor of Northeast Florida babies.
The Magnolia Project’s new male outreach initiative “Men of Magnolia” concluded its first five sessions March 27 with three graduates and 19 men still currently attending sessions. It is the…
In honor of National Volunteer Week April 21-27, the Coalition would like to extend a warm thank you to all of our volunteers who help make sure every baby has…
The Florida Association for Infant Mental Health’s 12th Annual Conference June 12 in Tampa will highlight the topic, Trauma & Toxic Stress. Following the FAIMH conference is the 2013 Early…