From the Desk of…
…Patricia Brantingham Dear Community Partners, Each year at our annual meeting, The Perinatal Network pauses to reflect on the past year’s work and to present future agency goals. The meeting also gives us an opportunity to thank our partners and recognize individuals who have made an exceptional contribution to the [...]
From the Desk of Ashley Bush, Text4baby, 12/19/2011
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 moms get information about caring for their health and giving their babies [...]
From the Desk of Nicole Smith, 11/8/11
Did you know? If African American and Hispanic babies died at the same rate as white babies, 81 more babies would have lived to see their first birthday in Monroe County from 2007 – 2009. This fall PNMC hosted a Lunch and Learn entitled “A Healthy Baby Begins with…” that drew people from community organizations [...]
From the Desk of Sherita Bullock, 10/19/11
Hitting, slapping, shoving, kicking, punching, tripping, raping, burning, choking, shooting, stabbing, air pulling, restraining, confining, shooting, yelling, criticizing, swearing, trespassing, threatening, name calling, controlling, intimidation, humiliation, manipulation, treating the other like a servant, keeping you from family and friends, withholding or hiding money from one another, vandalism, violations of restraining orders, harassment, and stalking. These [...]
From the Desk of Patricia Brantingham, 9/6/11
September is National Infant Mortality Awareness month (see neighboring posts “In the spotlight” and “In the news” for additional perspectives). Is there any subject more painful than the death of an infant? Some suggest that deaths that result from extreme prematurity (the majority of deaths that occur within the first month of life) are not [...]
From the Desk of Nicole Smith 08/09/11
Hello! I am the new CPPSN Program Manager with the Perinatal Network of Monroe County and I am looking forward to working with the Rochester community to achieve optimal health for babies and their mothers. Let’s get started… Did you know… Preterm birth (birth prior to 37 weeks gestation) costs the United States $26 billion [...]
From the Desk of Patricia Brantingham 05/20/11
On June 20, 2011 the Perinatal Network will present a thought-provoking workshop, “Reframing Success: Working with Teenagers Who Desire Pregnancy,” presented by Elizabeth Heavey, PhD, RN, CNM. Beth is on the nursing faculty at SUNY Brockport and is also a midwife for RAMP (Rochester Adolescent Maternity Program). She has been in the field for [...]
From the Desk of Patricia Brantingham 3/29/2011
Welcome to our newly re-designed website! For those of you who have visited us before, you will find all the information you have always been able to find here plus much more, in a fresh, new, and easy-to-navigate site. If this is your first visit, I hope that you will find useful information, interesting insights, [...]
From the Desk of Sharita Bullock 2/15/11
…Sharita Bullock. The Federal health care payment reform legislation, the New York State fiscal crisis, and the recently-issued New York Health Department guidelines for prenatal care combine to present extraordinary challenges and opportunities to our community. This is a time for all who are committed to improving health for babies and their mothers to learn, [...]
From the Desk of Patricia Brantingham, 12/26/10
The Federal health care payment reform legislation, the New York State fiscal crisis, and the recently-issued New York Health Department guidelines for prenatal care combine to present extraordinary challenges and opportunities to our community. This is a time for all who are committed to improving health for babies and their mothers to learn, to consider, [...]
