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 Center and Comienzo Sano, 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 information for Moms & Dads.
Health & Human Services Providers
PNMC is a valuable resource for health and human service providers. We offer workshops and conferences to enable providers to identify and address both medical and physchosocial 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
Relationship Between Mothers’ and Infants’ Birthweight “We found that the entire birthweight distribution was shifted towards lower birthweights when the mothers themselves were born LBW [low birthweight],” write the authors of an article published in the Maternal and Child Health Journal online on April 26, 2013. LBW (less than 2,500 g) and its principal antecedent, preterm delivery (less than 37 completed weeks’ gestation), are the leading causes of infant...
From the Desk of…
…Anita Black: Happy Mother’s Day! There is no better gift as a Mother than knowing your baby is safe and well. In our community, there are new moms that do not have access to safe sleeping places for their babies. On this Mother’s Day, honor and celebrate having a mother and being a mother by donating to the Perinatal Network of Monroe County to supply a pack and play for new moms who don’t have safe sleeping places for their infants. This Mother’s Day...
In the Spotlight
HEY! Are you PREGNANT and enrolled in Medicaid Managed Care, Child Health Plus or Family Health Plus????? If so you might quality for a special program JUST FOR PREGNANT WOMEN! Did you know that most of the insurers who help with insurance enrollment also have free programs that give out baby items to pregnant women who make AND keep their prenatal and postpartum doctor appointments? The programs are free, but you have to register to join them. Contact the person who helped you...
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.
PNMC 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.
