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HealthConnect One Birth Equity

WEBOur Approach. Operating with the awareness that birth equity is fundamental to racial equity, our approach to community health worker training and program development is centered on advancing …

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HealthConnect One Awarded NJ Department of Health …

WEBFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE // August 26, 2021. Trenton, New Jersey – The New Jersey Department of Health today announced the award of a grant to HealthConnect One to develop a diverse …

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Maternal Mental Health Month

WEBThis Maternal Mental Health Month, take action to increase awareness of the maternal mental health crisis, the disparities facing racialized people, and support the provision of resources to birthing people experiencing PMADs. Post on social media and alert your network about the Maternal Mental Health Hotline , 1-833-TLC-MAMA (1-833 …

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Community-Based Doulas

WEBThe Community-Based Doula Program is a nationally recognized and evidence-based model, refined over 20 years of practice in communities across the country. Replication involves a formal partnership between an organization or agency and HealthConnect One to create a community-based doula program with our five essential components.

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New: HC One Issue Brief: Creating Policy for Equitable Doula Access

WEBDownload: HC One Issue Brief: Creating Policy for Equitable Doula Access. Download: Executive Summary of Creating Policy for Equitable Doula Access. If you have questions about the brief or need assistance and support on this issue please reach out to us at 312-243-4772 or email us at [email protected]. Uncategorized.

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The National Association of CHWs: Progress and Purpose

WEBSo it was a natural next step for her to co-chair the Interim Board of the National Association of CHWs, where she brings HC One’s vision and values to the table in support of unity in the CHW workforce.Wandy serves as co-chair with Sergio Matos, Executive Director of the CHW Network of NYC.. Sergio has been a community health …

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Community Doula Week

WEBIn 2022, HealthConnect One partnered with BirthMatters to host the first-ever Community Doula Week. Community Doula Week is a weeklong campaign to highlight the unique and life-saving support community doulas offer birthing people and their families. This campaign was dreamed up by Eboni Williams, a BirthMatters community-based …

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Birth and Beyond Summit 2023 Recap

WEBThe goals of the 2023 Birth & Beyond Summit are to: Build the capacity of community leaders in maternal health to shape programs, policy, and care and to engage in evidence-based advocacy.; Share community-driven practices and initiatives to tackle critical issues in birth equity and maternal/child health, including research engagement, innovative …

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Announcing the First Food Equity Project

WEBMedia Contact: Zainab Sulaiman, HealthConnect One Director of Communications & Advocacy. Tel: (202)440-1576 Email: [email protected]. Announcements. HealthConnect One will utilize the First Food Equity Project to increase access to community-based peer-to-peer …

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Getting Doulas Paid: Advancing Community-Based Models in …

WEBCommunity Doula Alliance is led by Kimberly Porter. She is a fearless, trailblazing change agent, whose mission is to create a society where all children are born with equal opportunities for a healthy start by creating a racially diverse doula workforce to provide culturally-specific maternal care for Black, Indigenous, Latino/a/x, Asian and other …

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Moms and Babies in Michigan Receive the Gold-Standard of Care …

WEBBlack Mothers’ Breastfeeding Association in Detroit, MI has successfully received national re-accreditation for a second time through HealthConnect One’s Community-Based Doula Accreditation Program. The accreditation comes at a time when maternal and infant mortality is skyrocketing in the African-American community due to …

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Announcing the 2023 Birth & Beyond Summit

WEBCHICAGO, IL – HealthConnect one is pleased to host the inaugural Birth & Beyond Summit 2023! The summit will take place June 20-22, 2023, at the Hotel at the University of Maryland. The theme “ Advancing community-based approaches to birth equity,” reflects HealthConnect One’s commitment to community-led initiatives, locally …

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News & Events

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Preventing Maternal Deaths Reauthorization Act of 2023

WEBEarlier this week, HealthConnect One joined the Association of Maternal and Child Health programs alongside 85 national organizations in urging Congress to pass the Preventing Maternal Deaths Reauthorization Act (H.R.3838/S.2415), which would reauthorize federal support for state-based maternal mortality review committees.

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DIANA N. DERIGE, DrPH

WEBPreconception Health Although the importance of preconception health to women and infants has been acknowledged for almost forty years barriers to preconception care remain in the U.S. 13 million Latinas of reproductive age in the U.S. (20.5% of all women 15-44), and they have a higher fertility rate than most racial and ethnic groups (70.6/1,000 …

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