News - continued

2010

• National HIV Testing Day - Press Release 2010
• Breastfeeding awareness campaign launches in eastern North Carolina - Press Release May, 2010
• NC Healthy Start Foundation launches new initiative to improve the health of women and young children across North Carolina - Press Release May, 2010
• Breastfeeding Awareness Campaign -
  There are lots of reasons to breastfeed
• Healthy Start Foundation featured on My Carolina Today on NBC-17. During the month of April, Infant Safe Sleep Coordinator, Marta Pirzadeh will talk about SIDS and infant safe sleep practices.
• New SIDS Research - iNCite for March/ April
• Tips for helping Latinas manage gestational diabetes - Maternidad Latina for March
• North Carolina Healthy Start Foundation's 2009 Report to the Community (2/15/2010)
• Upping the Ante: Increasing Knowledge About HPV and Cervical Cancer Prevention - January Maternidad Latina
• Let's Talk About Condoms - January iNCite

2009

• Improving a Man's Health is Often Through a Woman - November iNCite
• Promoting Infant Safe Sleep Practices during SIDS Awareness Month
• Pregnant? What youshould know about H1N1 flu
• Seasonal and 2009 H1N1 Flu: A Guide for Pregnant Women and Parents ( En Español)
• H1N1: What Pregnant Women Need to Know - September iNCite
• Maternidad Latina - October - Socio-cultural factors that affect HIV prevention among Latinas
• Press Release: North Carolina’s infant mortality rates drop in 2008;minority infant mortality rate is lowest in state’s history
• Maternidad Latina - August - Reaching out to the Latino community
• Press Release - The North Carolina Healthy Start Foundation debuts interactive guide for pregnant women
• Press Release - New initiative to decrease northeastern N.C.'s unplanned pregnancy rate and improve infant health
• Press Release - North Carolina Healthy Start Foundation Receives 8 Awards
• iNCite for July - Maternal Depression: Know the Warning Signs
• Community Grants 2008 - 2009: Program - Overview
• Maternidad Latina - June - Latina teens speak up about sex, relationships and teen pregnancy
• iNCite for June - Baby on Board: Eating Healthy for Two
• iNCite for May - The Baby "Oops": Potential Dangers of Unplanned Pregnancies
• The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) now has a Web page designed specifically for parents of premature babies
• North Carolina Healthy Start Foundation Awards 47 Community Grants (Press Release - 3/2009)
• Maternidad Latina - March/April - Educating Pregnant Latinas on Healthy Fish Consumption
• iNCite March- HIV Testing and Pregnancy: What Women Need to Know
• Two New Members Join North Carolina Healthy Start Foundation Board (Press Release - 2/2009)
• Maternidad Latina - January/February - Promoting Preventive Health and Self-care among Latinas
• North Carolina Healthy Start Foundation Awards 25 Community Grants (Press Release - 2/2009)
• North Carolina Healthy Start Foundation Awards 10 Community Grants (Press Release - 1/2009)
• January iNCite - Making Your Case for a Personal Health Journal

2008

• North Carolina Healthy Start Foundation Welcomes New Members to its Staff (Press Release - 12/15/2008)
• December iNCite - Educating Women about Their Maternity Rights
• New Director Joins North Carolina Health Start Foundation Board (Press Release - 11/24/2008)
• More Than 2,000 "Safe Sleep" Onesies Distributed During SIDS Awareness Month (Press Release - 11/24/2008)
• November Maternidad Latina - Counseling Latinas on Contraceptive Use
• iNCite for October - RICHES Provides Resources
• One-Time Community Grants offered by The NC Healthy Start Foundation
• N.C. Healthy Start Foundation Hosts Regional Trainings to Launch Community Grants Program and New Resources for Local Agencies (Press Release - 10/3/2008)
• iNCite for September - 2007 N.C. Infant Mortality Rate Increases 5 Percent: Lets' Focus on family to make a difference
• 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 Marternidad Latina - A Close Look at Preventing Teen Pregnancy among Latinas
• May iNCite - The North Carolina Medicaid Family Planning Waiver
• 5/27/08 - North Carolina Health Professionals Trained in Infant Safe Sleep
• April iNCite - Preventing Shaken Baby Syndrome in North Carolina
• March iNCite - Girls, Gardasil and Good Protection
• 3/31/08 - Income guidelines for North Carolina's child health insurance programs to increase on
  April 1st
• February iNCite - Eating for Two, the Safe Way
• January/February - Maternidad Latina available
• January iNCite - A Vitamin that Prevents Birth Defects and Helps Sickle Cell Patients

2007

• December iNCite - Keep the Holidays Happy by Managing Stress
• November/December - Maternidad Latina available
• 11/26/07 - Latino Health Educator joins N.C. Healthy Start Foundation
• November iNCite: Quit to Win
• 11/14/07 - N.C. Healthy Start Foundation Announces New First Step Campaign Coordinator
• 11/7/07 - African American Nurses Raise SIDS Awareness
• 11/7/07 - Public Health Leader Joins N.C. Healthy Start Foundation Board
• 11/7/07 - Web Site Administrator Honored for Efforts to Improve Health of N.C. Mothers and Babies
• October iNCite: NC Celebrates SIDS Awareness Month
• 10/3/07 - Hospitals raise SIDS awareness in October
• 9/10/07 - Lexington Memorial to give safe sleep onesies to all babies born in hospital in october
• 2001-2005 SIDS Rates by County (PDF)
• 9/10/07 - Lexington Memorial Hospital to raise sudden infant death syndrome awareness (SIDS)
• Infant mortality rate drops to lowest in state's history in 2006, while record number of babies are born
• Choices Magazine available
• July/August - Maternidad Latina available
• 8/2/07 - New magazines promote women's health before pregnancy
• July iNCite: Baby, baby!
• 6/22/2007 - Gaston health professionals trained in baby safe sleep
• 6/11/2007 - N.C. Back to Sleep campaign nationally recognized for SIDS education in African American community
• May-June iNCite: Guess Who's Having a Baby?
• 5/16/2007 - Profesionales de salud en Greensboro reciben entrenamiento para la reducción de Muerte de Cuna
• 5/15/2007 - Asheville area health professionals trained in SIDS risk reduction
• 5/10/2007 - Sleep Well gift basket press release (en español)
• 4/1/07 - New income guidelines for NC's child health insurance programs
• May Maternidad Latina -- On Fertile Ground: Latina Health Beliefs During Pregnancy
• 3/22/07 - N.C. Healthy Start Foundation welcomes new Board Members
• New partnership strives to insure more children in North Carolina
• 3/21/07 - Coastal health professionals become Next Step for Mom advisors
• 3/14/07 - Women take the pledge to become healthy
• 3/6/07 - N.C. Healthy Start Foundation offers free baby safe sleep tool
• February iNCite article -- NC Fights Prematurity with 17P
• 2/6/07 - NC newsletter hopes cultural understanding of Latinas will improve health outcomes (en español)
• 1/30/07 - N.C. hospitals collaborate to reduce infant death
• 1/17/07 - Children's flu, colds and infections best treated at a Medical Home (en español)

2006

• 12/13/06 - 10 tips to promote infant safe sleep
• 12/12/06 - Guilford health professionals trained in SIDS risk reduction
• 12/12/06 - NC Healthy Start Foundation honored for Latino outreach
• 11/6/06 - N.C. public health professional honored for sudden infant death syndrome reduction efforts
• Public Service Announcements created by the
  NC Healthy Start Foundation now available on our web site
• 8/26/06 - From the Office of the Governor: Record number of babies born in 2005, but N.C. infant mortality rate remains steady
• 2/15/06 - Foundation launches Spanish language web site (en español)
• Foundation releases 2006 Report to the Community
• The Next Step for Mom training project - sign-up here
• Baby's Easy Safe Sleep Training (BESST) project needs trainers
• State Infant Mortality Collaborative releases data on women's health attitudes and practices
• New partnership with WNCU-FM to produce minority-focused, radio programming

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