Too many babies are born too small and too soon in Northeast Florida and across the country and world, a fact that is recognized during Prematurity Awareness Month. But what can we do to prevent these babies from premature birth? Prematurity is influenced by factors like poor maternal health before and during pregnancy, smoking, lack… Read More

In honor of World Prematurity Day and , Coalition staff wore purple and shared the reasons they care on November 17th. Some staff pointed to the sobering statistics and facts: Prematurity is the number one killer of babies under one years old. For those babies who live to their first birthday, many endure lifelong health… Read More

Each year, one in 10 babies in Northeast Florida is born too soon and too small. While prematurity rates have slowly declined across the country, the news locally isn’t good: Jacksonville ranks near the bottom quarter of the 100 largest cities in the United States for premature births. In their annual premature birth report card,… Read More

This guest post was written by Cynthia Dennis, RN, BSN, Coordinator of Injury Prevention and Safe Kids Northeast Florida at THE PLAYERS Center for Child Health/Wolfson Children’s Hospital.  October is National SIDS Awareness Month. Sleep-related deaths are a leading cause of infant deaths in Northeast Florida and throughout the country. THE PLAYERS Center currently implements the… Read More

A woman’s health prior to pregnancy and unsafe sleep practices are two of the leading factors in the region’s high fetal and infant death rates. These findings and more from the 2014-2015 Fetal and Infant Mortality Review process were released at the October 15 Coalition community meeting. Also released was the 2014-15 Project IMPACT report, which… Read More