Promoting the Health of Babies and their Mothers
The Perinatal Network of Monroe County (PNMC) provides community leadership to achieve optimal health for babies and their mothers. We promote care, education, and services that are high quality, comprehensive, and accessible. We focus our efforts on eliminating racial and ethnic disparities in birth outcomes to achieve community-wide health equity.
PNMC Supports…
Pregnant and Parenting Moms & Dads
This site includes information about pregnancy, how to have a healthy baby, and how to keep baby healthy after birth. At our Healthy Start Centers, PNMC also provides support services for pregnant and parenting women including care coordination, health education, parenting education, mental health services, and life skills classes.
Click here for more moms & dads information.
Health & Human Services Providers
PNMC is a valuable resource for Health and Human Services Providers. We offer workshops and conferences to enable providers to identify and address both medical and psychosocial perinatal issues. This website also gives providers access to comprehensive and leading information on an ongoing basis.
Click here for more health & human services providers information.
Latest Updates
In the Spotlight
In recognition of Martin Luther King Day and his contributions, we would like to direct you to the King Center website. Read More
In the News
January 8-14, 2011 is Folic Acid Awareness Week Folic acid is a B-vitamin that is necessary for proper cell growth. If taken before and during early pregnancy from a multi-vitamin or fortified foods, folic acid can prevent 50%-70% of some forms of serious birth defects of the brain and spine. Experts recommend that women who could possibly become pregnant should take 400 micrograms of synthetic...
From the Desk of…
Ashley Bush Text4baby is a free health text messaging service. It is the first of its kind here in the U.S. Text4baby was launched by the National Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies Coalition (HMHB), in order to help more pregnant women and new...
Life Course Health
Health develops throughout life as a product of the interaction of biology, behavior, and physical and social environment. The life course health development framework illuminates the underlying causes of disparities in health and points the way to creating health equity.
Events
The Perinatal Network sponsors many opportunities to learn about perinatal issues and to participate in finding ways to improve the health of babies and their mothers.
Giving
The Perinatal Network gives women the support they need to have healthy babies and coordinates the efforts of health and human service providers. You can ensure that we are able to continue this work.
Click here to learn about giving.
