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Here you will find the materials and information you need to help the families you serve have healthier infants and children. Please note that we are unable to ship materials internationally. To access PDF versions, visit our materials catalog.

The full catalog of N.C. Healthy Start Foundation's free educational materials addresses:

• Before Pregnancy
• Pregnancy
• Back to Sleep
• Community Education
• Health Check/NC Health Choice (HC/NC HC)
• Medical Home
• Spanish language materials

You'll also find information on the statewide, public education campaigns that sponsor and produce those materials:

• First Step Campaign
• Minority Infant Mortality Reduction Campaign
• N.C. Back to Sleep Campaign for SIDS Risk Reduction
• Health Check/NC Health Choice Campaign
• Medical Home Campaign
• Ana María Campaign (Latino Outreach)

In addition, you will find:

• Promoting, Protecting and Supporting Breastfeeding: A North Carolina Blueprint for Action
• Fact Sheet for Health Professionals on Vitamin D and the Breastfed Infant/Child
• Child Care Sheet: How to Handle Pumped Milk
  (also in Spanish)
• Mother-Friendly Workplace Training Packet
• Information on the NC Folic Acid Campaign
• Information on N.C. Safe Surrender Law
• Information on infant mortality in N.C.
• Results of the ITS-SIDS program
• The Health Check/NC Health Choice outreach workers' Web site
• A maternal and child health events calendar
• The N.C. Perinatal Association's newsletter

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News:

• September Maternidad Latina - Listening to and Learning from Latino Parents of Children with Special Health Care Needs
• 8/6/08 - N.C. Healthy Start Foundation launches Spanish website (En Español)
• July Maternidad Latina - Latina Baby Care Traditions
• June iNCite - Encouraging New Fathers to Create Safe Sleep Environments
• May Maternidad Latina - A Close Look at Preventing Teen Pregnancy among Latinas
• 5/27/08 - North Carolina Health Professionals Trained in Infant Safe Sleep

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Last updated: September 2008