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March for Babies with Healthy Start 2013

Every day, thousands of babies are born too soon, too small and often very sick. Join the Healthy Start Coalition team as we walk in the 2013 First Coast March for Babies for stronger, healthier babies. Visit our team page to register or donate!

CDC’s 2011 mPINC survey shows Florida needs improvement

Florida received a composite quality practice score of 69 (out of 100) from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s 2011 Maternity Practices in Infant Nutrition and Care survey. The…

Addressing postpartum depression in Florida

Postpartum depression is a type of clinical depression that occurs in women after childbirth and because of feelings of shame or guilt, most mothers go untreated. To address the problem,…

National AmeriCorps Week 2013

It’s National AmeriCorps Week — a time to celebrate 19 years of the AmeriCorps program and the hours of service current members and alumni have given since 1994. The Coalition…

Jax Kid’s Coalition celebrates Children’s Week

The Jacksonville Kids Coalition will host an Advocacy Walk at the Jacksonville Landing and a press conference at City Hall March 26 as part of Florida’s Children’s Week. The event is free…

BrdsNBz NE Florida featured on News4Jax

, a new text message warmline available to teens in the region, was featured on the News4Jax Morning Show. The segment featured  information on the service, reactions from local parents and…

Legislative panels reject Medicaid expansion despite Gov. Scott’s recommendation

Both state Senate and House legislative panels rejected the expansion of Medicaid benefits to more than 900,000 Florida residents, despite the recommendation from Gov. Rick Scott to do so as…

Healthy Start Coalition — March Board Meeting

When: Thursday, March 21, 2013 Location: Museum of Science and History (MOSH), 1025 Museum Circle, Jacksonville, FL 32207 Time: 9 am

ACE training available to adolescent-serving agencies in April

A training on Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) is available to adolescent-serving agencies. The training will be held at the Jacksonville Children’s Commission. Space is limited. Register for the training at the JCC Training Institute website.

Understanding Sexual Health webinar

Public Health Reports is hosting the webinar, Understanding Sexual Health March 12 at 1 p.m. Dr. John Douglas, Jr., the chief medical officer  at the National Center for HIV/AIDS at…