During National Infant Mortality Awareness Month in September, 25 trained infant mortality advocates spread across the Jacksonville zip codes with the highest infant death rates to provide education and facilitate conversations about how to improve birth outcomes. As part of a Make a Noise! Make a Difference! social marketing campaign funded by the Kids Hope… Read More

The fifth annual Community Baby Shower was held September 25th for pregnant and new moms at Pearl Plaza, home to host the Magnolia Project and Healthy Start/the Community Programs Office. State Rep. Tracie Davis returned as event sponsor, with 200 families receiving information, education and supplies during the event. The Baby Shower is held annually… Read More

The NEFL Nurse-Family Partnership program celebrated 51 families at a drive-thru graduation on October 2 at UF Health Jacksonville. The families — two-year old children and their mothers — are graduates of the evidence-based home-visiting program that ensures local moms have the education and resources to have a healthy baby. NFP program launched in Jacksonville… Read More

The WELLcome Home program, a universal nurse home visiting initiative in collaboration with Baptist Health and Wolfson Children’s Hospital, is entering it second year of providing new moms with a home visit immediately after hospital discharge to provide critical post-delivery health education and referrals. The program launched in May 2020 for mothers delivering at Baptist… Read More

Update 12.20.2021: Research shows COVID infections can have long-term effects on babies, while only 35 percent of pregnant women are vaccinated Update 8.27.2021: The March of Dimes addresses a number of vaccination myths related to COVID-19 on their News Moms Need blog. Update 8.20.2021: The  National Institutes of Health (NIH) provides helpful, research-based information on… Read More