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ERASE Maternal Mortality (“I Gave Birth” Initiative)

Megan Canady — Fri, 10 Mar 2023 20:46:47 +0000

The ERASE MM (Enhancing Reviews and Surveillance to Eliminate Maternal Mortality) initiative assists states in identifying ways to reduce maternal mortality and complications of pregnancy. This works includes the “I Gave Birth” initiative.

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CMIH Winter Newsletter

Megan Canady — Thu, 05 Mar 2020 15:47:39 +0000

Winter was a very productive and busy time for the Center. We are pleased to share an update about our work, including updates to our leadership team.

The Winter newsletter includes our statement on the FDA Advisory Committee Decision regarding 17P, the launch of two new websites NewMomHealth & SafeSleepNC.org, new materials from our Perinatal Neonatal Outreach Coordination efforts, and much more.
Click here to read the full newsletter.

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New Safe Sleep NC Website

Megan Canady — Tue, 17 Sep 2019 19:00:54 +0000

We are excited to share with you our new website with information for healthcare professionals and parents in both English and Spanish.

Safe Sleep NC is here to equip healthcare professionals and parents, so North Carolina babies sleep safer for every nap and nighttime sleep. Check out our new website SafeSleepNC.org to find lots of practical information.

For more information regarding Safe Sleep NC, contact Megan Canady megancanady@med.unc.edu 919-843-7865

Information for healthcare professionals, includes:

Information for parents in both English and Spanish, includes:

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New 17P Resources

Megan Canady — Thu, 06 Jun 2019 14:17:53 +0000

We have new resources to educate and promote 17P among eligible women and to inform healthcare providers about key information about this medication that has been shown to reduce the rate of recurring preterm delivery.

Click Here to review the new online 17P Provider Practice Bulletin.

Click Here to learn more about our 17P Social Media Toolkit. You are encouraged to personalize these for your clinic and share them on your clinic’s various social media platforms. There are messages intended for consumers and messages directed toward healthcare providers.

Click HERE to learn more about the NC 17P Project.

If you have questions about the NC 17P Project, contact Erin McClain at erin_mcclain@unc.edu

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Help create a new women’s health digital media campaign

Suzanne Woodward — Thu, 07 Feb 2019 17:36:59 +0000

UPDATE: Are you a woman, 18-35 years old?

The UNC Center for Maternal & Infant Health would like to get your opinions about messages we have made about e-cigarettes and vaping.

Your input will help us understand how women like you will react to the advertisements.

What is involved in this research study?

You will take part in a focus group or individual interview that will take no more than 90 minutes.
We will ask you what you know about e-cigarettes and what you think about the advertisements we show you.
Privately, we will ask you some questions about you such as your age, ethnicity, education, whether you are pregnant and/or have kids, and whether you have ever used tobacco products.
At the end of the focus group or interview, you will receive a $50 gift card.
We will assign you a study ID number that will be used instead of your name to keep your responses confidential.

Now Scheduling Online & In-Person Meeting Times:

Our team is available upon request for individual or group interviews.

Interested in Participating? Please Contact: Jaimie Lea, MPH, IBCLC, UNC Center for Maternal and Infant Health

Call Jaimie with questions: (919) 843-7863

The primary investigator for this study is Erin K. McClain, MA, MPH, Assistant Director, UNC Center for Maternal & Infant Health, Chapel Hill, NC (Phone: 919-808-0989, erin_mcclain@unc.edu).

Learn more at YouQuitTwoQuit.org.

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Visitor restrictions for Children 11 years of age and younger extended to inpatient and inpatient waiting areas

Megan Canady — Wed, 16 Jan 2019 16:54:51 +0000

Effective Monday, January 6, 2020: Visitor restrictions across UNC Hospitals for children 11 years and younger.

To ensure the safety of patients at UNC Hospitals, children ages 11 years old and younger are prohibited from visiting inpatients and inpatient waiting rooms at UNC Hospitals (including the Chapel Hill, Hillsborough and Wakebrook campuses, but excluding inpatient Hospice) and are prohibited from perioperative waiting rooms at UNC Hospitals Medical Center (Chapel Hill) and Hillsborough Hospital beginning Monday, Jan. 6, 2020. These restrictions were previously in place for the Newborn Critical Care Center (NCCC), Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU), 5 Children’s/Intermediate Care (5CH) and Bone Marrow Transplant Unit (BMTU) at UNC Hospitals.

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CMIH Fall Newsletter

Megan Canady — Fri, 05 Oct 2018 15:57:50 +0000

The Fall 2018 CMIH Newsletter is Here!
We have been working hard to enhance the health and wellbeing of women, infants, and families in NC and beyond. Read to find out more.

Click HERE to view the latest updates from the CMIH team.
This issue includes:

Safe Sleep NC resources
Assessing risk-appropriate care and postpartum birth control
NEW You Quit,Two Quit materials
Postpartum Care
Preconception health innovation (CoIIN)
CMIH and MAHEC partner for preconception health
Our new staff and interns
Update on collaborative work to enhance the care for NC incarcerated pregnant and new mothers

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CMIH receives CoIIN funding

Megan Canady — Fri, 09 Mar 2018 18:38:24 +0000

CMIH has hit the ground running after receiving federal funding supported by and within HRSA MCHB’s Collaborative Improvement and Innovation Network on Infant Mortality (IM CoIIN) initiative. Women’s preconception health is vastly important for women of all backgrounds whether they plan or hope to conceive children or not. There are four state-teams across the country working with CMIH to improve upon the well-woman’s visit by developing, implementing and disseminating a woman-centered, clinician-engaged, community-supported approach. Those four teams include: California, Delaware, North Carolina and Oklahoma.

This past December, all four teams and CMIH, met for the first official weekend-long meeting in D.C to discuss not only how to make productive change but what change could be defined at each of the varying pilot sites in each state. Teams were met with presentations that discussed Human Centered Design, preconception screening tools, how to build community and state support, measurement and evaluation. It was a busy few days, but teams were able to brainstorm what their possible next steps would be and reflect on all of the information received together.

We’re excited to see where the teams will be as our Preconception Collaborative Improvement and Innovation Network (CoIIN) progresses! For more information and updates, please follow this link.

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UNC Fetal Therapy

Suzanne Woodward — Mon, 30 Oct 2017 17:07:14 +0000

UNC CMIH provides high-quality and cutting-edge therapies to high-risk pregnant women and their babies. Our coordinators provide comprehensive care to women, infants and their families from diagnosis through decisions and delivery.

An expert team of maternal fetal medicine specialists, pediatric surgeons, neonatologists, and pediatric specialists have worked together for decades at UNC to provide high-quality and cutting-edge therapies to high-risk pregnant women and their babies. The Center provides comprehensive care to women, infants and their families from diagnosis through decisions and delivery. To learn more about our program, please click here to view our fetal care website.

CMIH coordinators provide specialized care management services to mothers and babies step by step as they go through their treatment journey.

Conditions We Care For

The UNC Fetal Care Program is member of The North American Fetal Therapy Network (NAFTNet). The primary goal of NAFTNet is to provide an umbrella organization to assist the various medical centers that practice fetal medicine, promote cooperation between these centers and foster research in the field of fetal therapy.

Information on Visiting UNC Hospitals

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UNC receives funding to advance women’s health

Suzanne Woodward — Thu, 26 Oct 2017 14:31:18 +0000

UNC CMIH received new funding to reduce infant mortality and improve birth outcomes, particularly for low-income women and women of color in some of the country’s most underserved communities.

Pleased to announce:

Today, the Center for Maternal and Infant Health at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC CMIH) received new funding to reduce infant mortality and improve birth outcomes by advancing the status of women’s preconception health (health and wellness prior to pregnancy), particularly for low-income women and women of color in some of the country’s most underserved communities. READ ON.

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