This blog post is from our Baby Buggy Walk in the Park sponsor, Brooks Rehab for National Infant Mortality Awareness Month. Brooks Rehabilitation is proud to offer rehabilitation specialties for all individuals across the lifespan. Learn about their pediatric and women’s health services. Pediatric Rehabilitation Brooks Rehabilitation provides pediatric rehabilitation through our rehabilitation hospital and outpatient… Read More

The newest space at the Magnolia Project is like an oasis — step in and you’re surrounded by warm lighting, a comfortable chair, an ottoman to rest your legs.  Except for the picture of a breastfeeding mom on the wall, the nipple pads stuffed in a drawer and the manual pumps, you might think it… Read More

This blog was written by 2014-15 National Health Corps — North Florida member Emily Ayers for National Infant Mortality Awareness Month. Emily served at the UF Health Jacksonville Healthy Start program. After completing her 47-week, 1700-hour term, Emily accepted a position within the Healthy Start program at the Florida Department of Health — Duval County.… Read More

Each year, too many babies die from preventable causes and lack of health services. September is honored as National Infant Mortality Awareness month, to bring attention to the fact that many babies in the United States still don’t make it to their first birthday. This year the Healthy Start Coalition is celebrating EVERY baby —… Read More

August is celebrated each year as National Breastfeeding Month, dedicated to increasing the rates of and supporting breastfeeding mothers. Notable breastfeeding initiatives and news in Northeast Florida include: The Healthy Start Coalition is currently implementing a grant from the National Association of County and City Health Officials to improve breastfeeding initiation and duration rates within… Read More