The Coalition’s Make a Difference! Leadership Academy graduated its second class of thirteen students yesterday. The Academy aims to train community leaders to understand the community’s impact on its residents…
The Healthy Start Coalition received funding to expand the 4Me Teen Health Project in Northeast Florida. The three-year funding is through the teen pregnancy prevention-focused Personal Responsibility Education Program (PREP) grant from the…
Baptist Health joined 29 health care organizations from around the state in a kick-off meeting Monday on a new quality initiative aimed at reducing early elective deliveries. Sponsored by the…
“For others interested in the process, I would suggest: gather information, look around you carefully, then begin from where you are.” -Jean Macomber, RN, IBCLC St. Vincent’s Medical Center —…
The Northeast Florida Health Start Coalition hosted its first pregnancy basics training yesterday, held in partnership with the Jacksonville Children’s Commission. Over 50 people attended the training, held for paraprofessionals…
The Healthy Jacksonville Childhood Obesity Prevention Coalition commemorated Childhood Obesity Awareness Month and honored local organizations and leaders at the inaugural Celebrating Healthy Kids and Active Communities Awards Breakfast September 14.
September 17-22 marks National Child Passenger Safety Week, which intends to bringe awareness on how to properly secure kids in car seats and seat belts. Currently, motor vehicle accidents are…
Several 15 second radio spots highlighting the Coalition will play all month long on 89.9 FM in honor of National Infant Mortality Month.
Several Azalea Project participants graduated from Financial Freedom, a financial literacy training facilitated by War on Poverty‘s Ryan Jackson. Program participants met each week for five weeks for personal finance…
The Magnolia Project recently began offering prenatal care through a new model design incorporating both individual and group care. Prenatal group education, which offers a supportive group atmosphere, peer communication with…