A 12 months of Promise for wholesome moms & toddlers

For maternal and child health, 2013 has been a yr of promise. extended get admission to to fitness care and a commitment to reducing disparities, passage of the PREEMIE Reauthorization Act, revised guidelines for term being pregnant, new suggestions on immunization and oral healthcare all through being pregnant, and momentum on problems like maternal mental health and new child screening are all exact news for moms, infants, and families.

At a time whilst the scope of country wide health care is changing, era is making new connections possible, and purchasers are more engaged than ever with their very own fitness outcomes, we’re captivated with our role and inspired by the opportunities the 12 months added.

a few highlights from HMHB and our programs:

•Text4baby, our loose cell health records provider, reached the milestone of one,000 public and personal partners and 650,000 individuals!

•We superior Text4baby messages with interactivity, mobile webpages, videos, resources, and more. many of the capabilities: Appointment reminders, aid phone numbers, quizzes, and greater.

•Early this yr in partnership with the facilities for Medicare and Medicaid services (CMS), Text4baby delivered a Medicaid module to identify participant medical insurance reputation and provide facts on Medicaid/CHIP to those who suggest they may be uninsured.

•Text4baby’s 2013 flu module elevated facts and get entry to to flu vaccination for contributors, with a partnership with ceremony useful resource providing 10,000 free flu photographs to Text4baby participants. HMHB’s flu prevention Twitter chat with the U.S. facilities for disorder manage & Prevention (CDC) reached an predicted 3.7 million money owed and had 32.5 million overall impressions, making #NIVW2013 a trending subject matter!

•Text4baby disseminated exciting new assessment findings, such as consequences displaying that sixty five% of survey participants mentioned that Text4baby helped them remember an appointment or immunization; 74% said that Text4baby messages knowledgeable them of medical caution signs they did not know; and sixty seven% mentioned speakme to their medical doctor about a subject they examine approximately in a Text4baby message.

•Our national untimely infant health Coalition (NPIHC) Summit brought experts and parent leaders from across the u . s . collectively for in-individual networking events in Washington, DC and digital academic sessions thru webinars and social media.

•We unveiled an NPIHC video, sharing the memories and voices on the coronary heart of the program’s challenge to collaborate, teach, and recommend for preterm babies and their households throughout the lifespan.

•We commenced management of a key state program – the Maryland untimely infant health community – which brings collectively community and health groups, healthcare providers, and parents to growth exceptional healthcare get right of entry to and attention  around troubles associated with premature infant fitness and development. loads of collaborating people and institutions are creating a difference in Maryland thru this group effort.

•We delivered a brand new fast records resource to our internet library, What You have to know about short Cervix & Preterm birth.

•We convened a Perinatal nutrients working group (PNWG) panel on the Society for Maternal-Fetal medicinal drug Annual assembly, bringing collectively colleagues to share the cutting-edge in perinatal nutrients technology, and supplied on early adolescence vitamins to a packed house of more than a hundred early youth educators at the zero to three countrywide education Institute.

•We welcomed healthful begin Coalition of Miami-Dade as a brand new community associate within the healthy Beginnings for toddlers application, working to increase nicely-child visits and vaccinations all through the first 12 months of existence.

•Our social media communities persevered to make a massive effect! HMHB’s, Text4baby’s, and NPIHC’s fb pages now connect with extra than 45,000 moms, households, and fitness advocates — and more than nine,2 hundred thru HMHB’s and Text4baby’s Twitter handles. This year Text4baby additionally joined Instagram, and NPIHC hosted two famous fb chats, on How carriers Can Empower dad and mom and Maternal mental health & Preemie moms. 

•HMHB become featured in lots of country wide and local tv, radio, on line, and print outlets this year, which include: Washington put up, Wall avenue magazine, CNBC, Essence mag, Huffington post, WhattoExpect.com, reliable White residence blog, and Discovery match & fitness.

•We additionally launched team Text4baby as a way for mothers, dads, grandparents, and others to get concerned, spread the phrase, gain inside access and gives, and live in contact with us beyond the carrier.

•And, in its first complete year, our HMHB weblog has come to be a thriving hub for  training and outreach, presenting 22 posts on timely maternal and toddler fitness topics, authored by way of our team and by using companions like the U.S. Breastfeeding Committee, First Candle, the workplace on women’s health at HHS, Preeclampsia foundation, and more.

we're excited about the progress made in 2013, and prepared to increase it in 2014.

 at the horizon: a brand new agreement from CMS will install a customized version of our Text4baby service, with specific data about offerings and benefits to be had in four states. We’re thrilled for this opportunity to refine and compare an integrated approach for imparting get entry to to care and fitness schooling.

We’re additionally pleased to share Text4baby’s new partnership with Centering Louisiana, through the sturdy begin Initiative, a good way to provide Louisiana ladies with cellular health messages that fortify the Centering model of care.

Plus many greater trends for HMHB’s packages on the manner, in help of our undertaking: improving the fitness and protection of moms, babies, and families thru education and collaborative partnerships.

We’re grateful for every of you – companions, healthcare vendors, moms, advocates – who have made 2013 a 12 months of top notch promise. in the new yr, allow’s continue our collaborations to make the arena a more healthy place for being pregnant, start, and parenting!