For May we are featuring Mississippi. One of our featured leaders is Connie Bish, MS, PhD, MPH, State MCH Epidemiologist. Connie was happy to answer a few questions about her work and why she is involved with Every Woman Southeast. How long have you been in your current position? I started my position as the […]
MCH Leaders in the Southeast: Florida
For April we are featuring the Sunshine State, Florida. One of our featured leaders is Annette Phelps, ARNP, MSN, Division Director for Family Health Services at Florida Department of Health. Annette was happy to answer a few questions about her work and why she is involved with Every Woman Southeast. How long have you been […]
Camellia Project Provides Education, Support to High-Risk Postpartum Moms
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 […]
WISH Media Preference Survey Results
THANK YOU Every Woman Southeast (EWSE) VOLUNTEERSEvery Woman Southeast would like to thank all EWSE members who participated in the Women’s Integrated Systems for Health (WISH) media preference survey. The survey asked about how you receive, share, and find out about learning opportunities and professional training. Your responses will help the WISH team better serve […]
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
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: 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: 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 […]
What Happens in New Orleans Should NOT Stay in New Orleans
Last week myself and several other Every Woman Southeast leadership team members had the opportunity to attend an Infant Mortality Summit in New Orleans. The meeting was sponsored by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) in collaboration with the Association of Maternal and Child Health Programs (AMCHP), the Association of State and Territorial Health […]
Mark Your Calendars for our Next Webinar
We are really excited about our upcoming webinar on February 9, 2012 from 12-1:30 est. This webinar will focus on the Life Course Theory. This theory is a conceptual framework that helps explain health and disease patterns – particularly health disparities – across populations and over time. It points to social, economic and environmental factors […]