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Healthy Start Coalition and Early Learning Coalition among honorees at Childhood Obesity Prevention Coalition breakfast

The Healthy Jacksonville Childhood Obesity Prevention Coalition commemorated Childhood Obesity Awareness Month and honored local organizations and leaders at the inaugural Celebrating Healthy Kids and Active Communities Awards Breakfast September 14.

Child Passenger Safety Week

September 17-22 marks National Child Passenger Safety Week, which intends to bringe awareness on how to properly secure kids in car seats and seat belts. Currently, motor vehicle accidents are…

Healthy Start PSA to Run during Infant Mortality Awareness Month

Several 15 second radio spots highlighting the Coalition will play all month long on 89.9 FM in honor of National Infant Mortality Month.

Azalea Participants Complete Financial Literacy Training

Several Azalea Project participants graduated from Financial Freedom, a financial literacy training facilitated by War on Poverty‘s Ryan Jackson. Program participants met each week for five weeks for personal finance…

Magnolia Project Institutes Combined Care Model

The Magnolia Project recently began offering prenatal care through a new model design incorporating both individual and group care. Prenatal group education, which offers a supportive group atmosphere, peer communication with…

Leadership Academy Visits Kingsley Plantation

The Make a Difference! Leadership Academy visited Kingsley Plantation last month as part or their leadership training to learn the history of events influencing health disparities in Florida and how they…

PPEs, community-based organizations attend workshop on collaborating for preconception health

About 50 trained preconception peer educators and representatives from community-based organizations participated in a two-day workshop hosted by the Coalition, the University of North Florida and the federal Office of…

National Infant Mortality Awareness Month 2012

September is National Infant Mortality Awareness Month — a time to bring attention to the rate of babies dying before their first birthday in the United States. The United States…

Healthy Begins Before Birth program underway

Some of Jacksonville’s highest-risk moms are enrolled in a new program that allows them to have nutritious meals and receive additional resources to help their babies grow healthy. Low-income, pregnant…

Dr. Thomas Chiu receives certificate of appreciation from FMA

Congratulations to former Coalition Board member Dr. Thomas Chiu for being a recipient of a prestigious certificate of appreciation from the Florida Medical Association. Dr. Chiu recently stepped down as chair…