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