Breastfeed Durham hosted a virtual First Food Equity Webinar Series for providers in Durham County and the surrounding areas on the second Tuesday of each month between October 2022-May 2023. Breastfeed Durham invited providers and community members to participate in our First Food Equity Series: A Shared Responsibility. Community members who are working to build effective alliances across […]
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The CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) has released their 2022 Breastfeeding Report Card. Every two years, the CDC releases key data on national, state, and territorial breastfeeding rates, as well as environmental factors that impact breastfeeding outcomes. This report allows us to track U.S. infant feeding practices and understand gaps and barriers to
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November kicked off Black Babies Awareness Month, a campaign led by the Equity Research Action Coalition at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill that calls to protect, promote, and preserve the health and wellbeing of Black infants and families. In 2021, women who gave birth in Durham County tended to be older and more educated
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This is a must-read article! There are plans for a new birth center opening in Durham in Fall 2023 under completely different leadership. We know you care about access to these services for families, so please fill out the Aya Birth & Community Wellness community survey! Tina and Amber are working hard during the research and development phase
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Rumors the Women’s Birth and Wellness Center was closing its Chapel Hill clinic began circulating online last May, when the clinic stopped accepting new patient birth requests. Renewed speculation began on Reddit in September as users discussed how after 27 years of serving North Carolina women and families, the clinic may be closing for good. Until this
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There’s a new way to get free, quick access to mental health services. The 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline is a national hotline that was launched across the U.S., to meet the country’s growing mental health care needs. By calling or texting 988, people can reach a trained counselor at a crisis center near them. People can
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On September 28, 2022, The Biden-Harris Administration hosted a White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health and released the National Strategy on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health. It was great to see breastfeeding and human milk feeding included in the strategy, but it’s imperative that we invest in infant feeding and breastfeeding to support the
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Last November the Equity Research Action Coalition was excited to launch the inaugural “Black Babies Awareness Month.” We want to spotlight and celebrate Black infants, families and the people and organizations that support them. This is an opportunity to draw public attention to the challenges they face and the programs and service providers that help meet
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For many parents, including myself, a family’s primary care providers are critical to successful lactation. Especially when you have a child with health challenges, you see your primary care provider every few days in the beginning. Our primary care provider was our point of contact for everything. Having truly supportive healthcare clinics, means having support
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A few weeks ago Breastfeed Durham had the pleasure of meeting with Brianna Monk, MA, MPH, from the NC Department of Health and Human Services. Brianna took the opportunity to remind us that NC Medicaid postpartum health care coverage has increased from 60 days to 12 months for eligible beneficiaries. Please take a moment, right now,
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