Marie Stopes International calls on the UK Government not to support G8
maternal health initiative.
MSI brands Canadian Government's decision to exclude family planning from G8
maternal health initiative «a new low for political pandering to social conservatism.»
In Bolivia, I saw how sponsorship money has funded everything from guinea pig farms, to after - school programs, to hearing aids, to irrigation systems, to marriage counseling, to
maternal health initiatives, to alcoholism support groups, to dams.
Not exact matches
MCl's mission statement links their work directly with Evangelium Vitae by «improving the lives and
health of mothers and babies both born and unborn, through new
initiatives of service, training, research, and advocacy designed to reduce the tragic levels of abortion worldwide and
maternal and perinatal mortality, morbidity in developingcountries.»
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In the US, the Obama administration has funded a range of
initiatives that require the use of evidence - based strategies in areas such as teen pregnancy prevention, home visiting, education and workforce innovation.2, 3 In the field of home visiting, an increasing number of programs have been rigorously evaluated and have demonstrated evidence of effectiveness in outcome domains such as parenting,
maternal and child
health, child development and school readiness, reductions in child maltreatment, and family economic self - sufficiency.4, 5,6
Ms. Ahmad - Baker is program
initiatives director in the division's Bureau of
Maternal, Infant and Reproductive
Health.
Since then, research, professional guidelines, state — wide
health care directives, hospital systems,
health care quality improvement
initiatives, and federal and state - level maternity care legislation have identified many aspects of the MFCI and the Ten Steps of the Mother - Friendly Childbirth Initiative as key factors to improving
maternal - infant
health outcomes.
Some barriers include the negative attitudes of women and their partners and family members, as well as
health care professionals, toward breastfeeding, whereas the main reasons that women do not start or give up breastfeeding are reported to be poor family and social support, perceived milk insufficiency, breast problems, maternal or infant illness, and return to outside employment.2 Several strategies have been used to promote breastfeeding, such as setting standards for maternity services3, 4 (eg, the joint World Health Organization — United Nations Children's Fund [WHO - UNICEF] Baby Friendly Initiative), public education through media campaigns, and health professionals and peer - led initiatives to support individual mothers.5 — 9 Support from the infant's father through active participation in the breastfeeding decision, together with a positive attitude and knowledge about the benefits of breastfeeding, has been shown to have a strong influence on the initiation and duration of breastfeeding in observational studies, 2,10 but scientific evidence is not available as to whether training fathers to manage the most common lactation difficulties can enhance breastfeeding
health care professionals, toward breastfeeding, whereas the main reasons that women do not start or give up breastfeeding are reported to be poor family and social support, perceived milk insufficiency, breast problems,
maternal or infant illness, and return to outside employment.2 Several strategies have been used to promote breastfeeding, such as setting standards for maternity services3, 4 (eg, the joint World
Health Organization — United Nations Children's Fund [WHO - UNICEF] Baby Friendly Initiative), public education through media campaigns, and health professionals and peer - led initiatives to support individual mothers.5 — 9 Support from the infant's father through active participation in the breastfeeding decision, together with a positive attitude and knowledge about the benefits of breastfeeding, has been shown to have a strong influence on the initiation and duration of breastfeeding in observational studies, 2,10 but scientific evidence is not available as to whether training fathers to manage the most common lactation difficulties can enhance breastfeeding
Health Organization — United Nations Children's Fund [WHO - UNICEF] Baby Friendly Initiative), public education through media campaigns, and
health professionals and peer - led initiatives to support individual mothers.5 — 9 Support from the infant's father through active participation in the breastfeeding decision, together with a positive attitude and knowledge about the benefits of breastfeeding, has been shown to have a strong influence on the initiation and duration of breastfeeding in observational studies, 2,10 but scientific evidence is not available as to whether training fathers to manage the most common lactation difficulties can enhance breastfeeding
health professionals and peer - led
initiatives to support individual mothers.5 — 9 Support from the infant's father through active participation in the breastfeeding decision, together with a positive attitude and knowledge about the benefits of breastfeeding, has been shown to have a strong influence on the initiation and duration of breastfeeding in observational studies, 2,10 but scientific evidence is not available as to whether training fathers to manage the most common lactation difficulties can enhance breastfeeding rates.
The Canadian Foreign Minister, Lawrence Cannon, has announced that its
maternal and child
health initiative, due to be launched at the G8 summit in June, will not address family planning «in any way shape or form» on the erroneous grounds that family planning is not needed to save lives.
Earlier this year, on January 26th, 2010, the Canadian Prime Minister, Mr. Stephen Harper, announced his intention to make
maternal and child
health a development priority for the upcoming G8 Summit, saying that «Canada will champion a major
initiative to improve the
health of women and children in the world's poorest regions.»
«Family planning must be put back at the heart of women's
health initiatives if we are to address
maternal mortality in developing countries,» added Hovig.
Mrs. Matilda Amissah - Arthur commended Tullow Ghana for such
initiative and urged other organisations to emulate their example, especially putting up such an edifice to support
maternal health care in the country.
American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists District II Chair Dr. Iffath Abbasi Hoskins said, «ACOG District II is pleased to partner with the Department of
Health on this important
initiative to address
maternal mortality in our State.
Spain is about to criminalise abortion; politicians in the UK repeatedly attempt to reduce the 24 - week limit; and today in Brussels, parliamentarians are examining an
initiative that if successful would block European Commission development funding for
maternal health.
The
health community is missing important opportunities to integrate violence programming meaningfully into public
health initiatives on HIV / AIDS, adolescent
health,
maternal health, and mental
health.»
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Rebecca Dineen (MS,
Health Policy and Management from the Harvard School of Public
Health) is the Assistant Commissioner for the Bureau of
Maternal and Child
Health and leads the B'more for Healthy Babies and Youth
Health and Wellness
Initiatives at the Baltimore City
Health Department where she has worked since 2008.
Facebook says that Free Basics, part of the social media company's Internet.org
initiative, is designed to bring the information available on the internet including news,
maternal health, local jobs, and local government to areas that are underserved.
As with other screening (developmental and behavioral, psychosocial)
initiatives in practice, there have been perceived barriers to implementation, including lack of time, incomplete training to diagnose / counsel, lack of adequate mental
health referral sources, fear that screening means ownership of the problem, and lack of reimbursement.36 However, since 2000, there have been many successful models of screening in primary care practices, including developmental and behavioral screening,
maternal depression screening, and psychosocial screening.
Innovative Awards Program goals: • To recognize those who are supporting
maternal mental
health through innovative
initiatives.
Support the provision of expanded
maternal and women's
health services and supports the development of a place - based
initiative that will serve as the backbone or hub organization for achieving collective impact.
Transforming Systems for Parental Depression and Early Childhood Developmental Delays: Findings and Lessons Learned From the Helping Families Raise Healthy Children
Initiative (PDF - 1,567 KB) Schultz, Reynolds, Sontag - Padilla, Lovejoy, Firth, & Pincus (2013) RAND Corporation Discusses the findings of an evaluation of the Helping Families Raise Healthy Children
initiative, the fourth phase of the Allegheny County
Maternal and Child Health Care Collaborative's efforts to implement changes in the local system of maternal and child heal
Maternal and Child
Health Care Collaborative's efforts to implement changes in the local system of maternal and child health
Health Care Collaborative's efforts to implement changes in the local system of
maternal and child heal
maternal and child
healthhealth care.
Our work is grounded in the belief that every child deserves to be surrounded by supportive, safe environments and that every parent and primary care provider should have easily accessible information and tools to help make that possible.It is our hope that innovative work in addressing
maternal mental
health and our other
initiatives in the greater Denver metro area will yield results that can be replicated statewide, nationally and even internationally.
The
initiative targeted three components of service delivery: screening and identification of at - risk families through three pathways within and between the Part C early intervention system and the
maternal and child
health care system, referrals for those identified as being at risk, and engagement in relationship - based services in both the Part C early intervention and behavioral
health systems.
The HRSA Bureau of
Maternal & Child
Health and the Office of Women's
Health offer employer information and a toolkit as part of the Business Case for Breastfeeding and Employer Solutions
initiatives.
Parade is involved in the implementation and evaluation of several
initiatives in the State of Rhode Island to enhance early childhood mental
health, including
maternal, infant and early childhood home visiting.
The
Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting (MIECHV) Program began in 2010 as a five - year, federal
initiative to improve the
health and development outcomes for at - risk children through evidence - based, voluntary home visiting programs provided to pregnant women and children birth to age 5.
Commissioner Gooda said more could be done to focus on early childhood issues such as
maternal and child
health and early childhood education as these
initiatives are the essential building blocks of successful educational outcomes and promoting resilience in young people to all addictions.
Bright Futures — Bright Futures is a national
health promotion and prevention initiative, led by the American Academy of Pediatrics and supported, in part, by the US Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration, Maternal and Child Health B
health promotion and prevention
initiative, led by the American Academy of Pediatrics and supported, in part, by the US Department of
Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration, Maternal and Child Health B
Health and Human Services,
Health Resources and Services Administration, Maternal and Child Health B
Health Resources and Services Administration,
Maternal and Child
Health B
Health Bureau.
Schuyler Center's policy
initiatives are determined by its citizen - led Board of Trustees in collaboration with senior policy staff and include work in the following areas: high quality early care & learning,
maternal and infant home visiting, child welfare, children's mental
health and adult home reform, and
health care policy & finance.
To recognize those who are supporting
maternal mental
health through innovative
initiatives that have produced measurable outcomes.
The
initiative is part of the Queensland Government's commitment to enhance
Maternal and Child Services and improved
health and wellbeing for mums and babies in the region.