High-risk postpartum mothers are receiving inter-conceptional education and support through the Camellia Project, a pilot program funded by the March of Dimes, Florida Chapter, in northeast Florida. The project provides curriculum-based group activities and individual support to mothers who have had a fetal or infant loss, or a baby hospitalized in the NICU. It offers […]
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MCH Leaders in the Southeast: Florida
Another one of our featured leaders from Florida is Lori Reeves, MPH, Program Services Director at the Florida Chapter of the March of Dimes. Lori thoughts about her work and why she is involved with Every Woman Southeast are below. How long have you been in your current position? I have been in my current […]
MCH Leaders in the Southeast: Tennessee
This month we are featuring Tennessee. One of our featured leaders is Cynthia Chafin, M.Ed., CHES, Project Director and Consultant, MTSU’s Adams Chair of Excellence in Health Care Services/Center for Health and Human Services, and Community Health Collaboratives, LLC. We recently asked her a few questions about her work and why she is involved with […]
MCH Leaders in the Southeast: Tennessee
Another one of month’s featured leaders from Tennessee is Kimberlee Wyche-Etheridge, MD, MPH, Director, Bureau of Family, Youth and Infant Health at the Metro Nashville Davidson County Public Health Department. She recently answered her a few questions about her work and why she is involved with Every Woman Southeast. How long have you been in your […]
MCH Leaders in the Southeast: North Carolina
This month’s featured leader is Amy Mullenix, MSW, MSPH, Statewide Coordinator at the March of Dimes North Carolina Preconception Health Campaign. We recently asked her a few questions about her work and why she is involved with Every Woman Southeast. Why are you involved in Every Woman Southeast? Every Woman Southeast is unique in that […]
National Preconception Health Planning Meeting
It is hard to believe that the holidays are upon us! Where has the year gone? In true New Year’s Resolution style, a group of about 40 professionals from across the country convened in New Orleans for a one day meeting to set plans for preconception health for 2012. The focus of the meeting was […]
National Summit a Success!
Just back from the 3rd National Summit on Preconception Health. It was a very packed agenda with alot of great ideas and connections. I most enjoyed having a chance to see our Every Woman Southeast partners from across the eight states in person. We had an excellent breakfast meeting where we mapped out a number […]
Learn about HRSA’s New Bright Futures for Women’s Health Initiative
On April 6th Sabrina Matoff-Stepp and Anna Kindermann from the Office of Women’s Health at HRSA will share information on the new Bright Futures for Women’s Health Initiative. This presentation is part of our Women’s Integrated Systems for Health (WISH) webinar series. The presentation will be recorded and available for viewing a few days after […]
Interconception Webinar is a Hit
We still can’t believe that we had almost 300 people listen in to our webinar last week on Interconception Health for High-Risk moms. The response to this topic and to the webinar series has been wonderful. Clearly there is a significant interest in sharing ideas and practices in providing services and support to this important […]
The History of “Every Woman”
On our just completed first webinar (yeah) we provided some brief information as to the origin of our name “Every Woman Southeast”. We thought it might be good to share a bit more information about it here – to be sure to give credit where credit is due. Back in the early 1990s when the […]