ABCs for Healthy Families Project
Wisconsin's Department of Health Services (DHS) was awarded $497,777 for a 2-year federal grant from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) Maternal and Child Health Bureau, for the First Time Motherhood/New Parents Initiative. The purpose of this grant, fully funded by HRSA, is to integrate the life-course perspective into a social marketing campaign to improve birth outcomes among African American women in Wisconsin.
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Associate Professor, Obstetrics and Gynecology
Associate Director, Child and Family Health Training Program
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The Food-Health Connection for Africam-American Women
By Dr. Tina C. Mason Obstetrician/Gynecologist
Aurora Sinai Medical Center
Posted on MilwaukeeMoms.com, May 7, 2010
Many of us are not aware that what we eat impacts our health. Magazines that target Black and Latina women commonly feature slender models, most of us dismiss those women as ‘unreal’ or we say ‘nobody wants a bone but a dog’, yet there is a world of difference between being a anorexic stick figure and keeping our weight at a healthy level. Read full article
Dr. Tina C. Mason
Obstetrician/Gynecologist
Aurora Sinai Medical Center
A Consideration for Mom
By Zelda Okia, MD Associate Medical Examiner
Waukesha County Medical Examiner's Office
Posted on MilwaukeeMoms.com, May 7, 2010
Motherhood is one of life’s most joyous and amazing experiences. Mothers are given the remarkable opportunity to help nurture and prepare their children to go forth and blaze a trail to awesome future achievements and developments. To read the full article, click here.
Zelda Okia, MD
Associate Medical Examiner
Waukesha County Medical Examiner's Office
Letter to the Editor: Moms must think about nutrition
By Cara Robertson, a CAB (community advisory board members)
Posted on TheJournalTimes.com, May 4, 2010
Cara shared her mother's day thoughts on moms and nutrition with readers of the Racine Journal Times. "This Mother's Day give yourself and your baby the gift of better nutrition and health." Cara, thank you f...or sharing and Happy Mother's Day! To read full article, click here
Statewide Advisory Committee Meeting and Dinner
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Partnership to Eliminate Disparities in Infant Mortality
By Jessica Hawkins, MPH, CHES
Program Manager, Women’s and Infant Health, AMCHP
Brenda Thompson, MPH
Project Coordinator, CityMatCH
University of Nebraska Medical Center
In 2008, CityMatCH, the Association of Maternal & Child Health Programs (AMCHP), and the National Healthy Start Association (NHSA) — with funding from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation — created the Partnership to Eliminate Disparities in Infant Mortality. The purpose of the project is to eliminate racial inequities contributing to infant mortality within U.S. urban areas. The first activity of the partnership was an 18-month long Action Learning Collaborative (ALC). The emphasis of this team-based ALC was on innovative approaches to reducing racial inequities in infant mortality in urban communities, with particular attention paid to the impact of racism. Read more of the article
