The Azalea Project is raising awareness through a community event that will educate women and families residing in the Springfield area about the prevention of HIV and infant mortality. The community event,…
Feed The Children will return to Northeast Florida on January 16, delivering two semi-tractor trailers full of food and essentials for 800 families in Clay and Nassau counties. Pre-identified families…
The Coalition is seeking qualified providers in Baker, Clay, Duval, Nassau and St. Johns counties to implement specific strategies outlined in the NEFL Teen Pregnancy Task Force community action plan to reduce teen pregnancy and births in Northeast Florida.
The Perinatal Periods of Risk model, a tool used in urban communities to address high infant mortality rates and disparities, celebrates its 15th anniversary this year. The Coalition was an early implementer of…
Infant sleep postitioners are associated with slee-related deaths, according to a the November 23, 2012 edition of the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, released by the Centers for Disease Control and…
APEL Health Service’s Project Youthlink is hosting a free community outreach event to raise awareness during World AIDS Day on December 1. The event will include:“LISTEN, LEARN, LIVE”: World AIDS…
The Magnolia Project and Brentwood Lakes held the Harvest 2 Health Community Conference in October at the Brentwood Lakes apartment complex. A total of 90 adults and 40 children attended.…
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…
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…
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…