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10 Ways You Can Get Good Maternity Care is a guide to help women understand their role in improving the quality of maternity care — starting with their own care. The guide was published by Childbirth Connection as part of the Transforming Maternity Care campaign. Topics include the rights of childbearing women, choosing a caregiver [...]
In the News: January 8-14, 2012 is Folic Acid Awareness Week, 1/9/12
January 8-14, 2012 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 [...]
In the News: Effects of Listeriosis on Pregnant Women & Newborns, 12/9/11
MCH Topics Webinar: Effects of Listeriosis on Pregnant Women and Newborns Join the National Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies Coalition for our latest MCH Topics Webinar: Effects of Foodborne Illness on Pregnant Women and Newborns: An Hour with CDC’s Investigative Expert. The webinar will take place on December 15, 2011 from 1:30 – 2:30 pm Eastern [...]
In the News: Quitting Smoking, 10 ways to Resist, 11/17/11
Quitting smoking: 10 ways to resist tobacco cravings When a tobacco craving strikes, use some of these tips to resist From MayoClinic.com via health.msn.com For most tobacco users, tobacco cravings or urges to smoke can be powerful. But you’re not at the mercy of these tobacco cravings. When an urge to use tobacco strikes, [...]
In the News: Milwaukee Ads on Co-Sleeping, 11/17/11
Milwaukee Runs Provocative Ads to Wake Parents Up to Dangers of Co-Sleeping By Edward Lovett | ABC News – Tue, Nov 15, 2011 As reported in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, the campaign, unveiled last Wednesday, includes two posters of a baby lying in a bed next to a large knife. In one, the baby [...]
In the News: Get bumpers out of cribs, 10/19/11
Get bumpers out of cribs, doctor group urges By Melanie Monroe Rosen, Parenting.com CNN News updated 3:20 AM EST, Tue October 18, 2011 The AAP now recommends that infants sleep on their backs on a firm mattress, without any soft objects or loose bedding. Bumper pads should never be used in [...]
In the News: US Ranks Low for Newborn Survival, 9/2/11
U.S. ranks low for newborn survival CNN Health: August 31, 2011 Babies born in Cuba, Malaysia, Portugal, and the United Kingdom have a better chance of surviving the first month compared to those born in the United States, according to researchers at the World Health Organization and Save the Children. [...]
In the News: Repeating the Call for Equity in Health Care, 8/23/11
Repeating the Call for Equity in Health Care RWJF President Speaks at Martin Luther King, Jr., Health Equity Summit in Washington, D.C. Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) President and CEO Risa Lavizzo-Mourey, M.D., M.B.A., today called on health care leaders to be tenacious in supporting efforts to identify and eliminate racial and [...]
In the News: A Call to Women of Color Social Gathering, 08/11/11
A Call to Women of Color Social Gathering Saturday, August 13 12 to 6 p.m. AIDS Care (259 Monroe Avenue) This event honors Women of Color ages 13-45+ with a day of entertainment, education, refreshments and vendor tables. This is a FREE event but there is limited space so you must register to attend by [...]
In the News: Breastfeeding & the Giant Pink Bus, 07/27/11
A giant pink bus is coming to town to bring attention to the wonderful resources available to pregnant women and breastfeeding moms here in Rochester. “Latch on America” will have their bus at the University of Rochester Medical Center, Strong Memorial Hospital, Crittenden Road Patient Discharge, 2:00 pm – 5:00 pm on Friday, July 29, [...]
