Sacred Heart to become Baby Friendly, McKenzie-Willamette exploring designation

Since posting Project Aims to Improve OR Hospital-Based Breastfeeding Services, MotherBaby Network has received a good deal of positive feedback from individuals in healthcare, elected office, local government, the insurance industry, the non-profit sector as well as from consumers. The post describes a new statewide project (Oregon Hospitals Partnering for Evidence-Based Infant Nutrition) that support hospitals [...]

Lane Co’s extends prenatal to women ineligible for OHP due to immigration status

Following six other counties, Lane County is implementing Oregon’s Prenatal Expansion Program to provide Oregon Health Plan (OHP) Plus Prenatal services to pregnant women who have “Citizen / Alien Waived Emergency Medical” (CAWEM) coverage. Expansion of CAWEM coverage to include prenatal care is made possible through the federal Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) that allows [...]

Maternity Act – doing right by pregnant women and babies, everyone benefits

Despite mounting evidence to the contrary, bipartisan efforts aren’t dead in Washington, D.C. Just before Thanksgiving, Congressman Elliot Engel (D-NY) and Congresswoman Sue Myrick (R-NC) filed the Partnering to Improve Maternity Care Quality Act of 2010 (MCQA). This act begins the necessary work to remove the multiple, interlocking barriers separating women and babies from effective [...]

Congrats to Friends’ Katharine Gallagher and Midwife Cindy Hunter for Healthy Babies Awards!

Originally posted on Lane County Friends of the Birth Center‘s blog… Congratulations to the Lane County Healthy Babies 2010 Award Recipients recognized at yesterday’s second-annual reception! Awards were given to an individual, a practitioner and an organization in acknowledgement of their contributions toward reducing fetal-infant mortality and increasing community health in Lane County. Former KEZI [...]

Lane Co. Fetal-Infant Mortality Coalition Coordinator Leaving

Healthy Babies, Healthy Communities, Lane County’s coalition to reduce fetal and infant mortality rate, recently learned its coordinator, Sandy Moses, has taken another position within Lane County Public Health. Coalition members have been assured of a replacement to continue in Moses’ place. This and continued staff and funding resources for the Fetal Infant Mortality Review [...]