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

This year for National Infant Mortality Awareness Month the Healthy Start Coalition celebrated EVERY baby — because each one deserves a healthy start. Throughout the month, our partners, participants and providers shared more about the work we are doing to improve outcomes in the community: “You know someone.” Brooks Rehabilitation services MomCare Advisors support pregnant… Read More

This guest blog is written by Shrew Smith, a Magnolia Project participant. The Magnolia Project is a federal Healthy Start program that improves the health and well-being of women during their childbearing years by empowering communities to address medical, behavioral, and cultural and social service needs. This is my second pregnancy with Magnolia. As a participant… Read More

This guest blog is written by Anna Matthews, Case Manager with the Magnolia Project. The Magnolia Project is a federal Healthy Start program that improves the health and well-being of women during their childbearing years by empowering communities to address medical, behavioral, and cultural and social service needs. After serving only pre- and interconception women, the… Read More