Low Birthweight Initiative
Advisory Committee |
Center of Excellence
on Health Disparities,
Morehouse
School of Medicine
Children’s Healthcare
of Atlanta
Community Health &
Preventive Medicine,
Morehouse
School of Medicine
Georgia Division of
Public Health,
Department of
Human Resources
Georgia Health Policy Center,
Georgia State University
Healthy Mothers,
Healthy Babies
March of Dimes
Georgia Chapter
Perinatal Center,
Medical College of Georgia
Rollins School of Public Health,
Emory University
The Arthur M. Blank Foundation
VOICES for
Georgia's Children
"A team approach is necessary to make a difference in this issue." -Dr. Juan Acuña,
associate professor of
obstetrics-gynecology, genetics, and epidemiology at the
Florida International University College of Medicine
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Low Birthweight Promising Practices Forum
First Steps to a Better Future for Georgia's Children
Georgia Family Connection Partnership,
RAND Corporation, and the Promising Practices Network hosted a
Low Birthweight Promising Practices Forum at The Arthur M. Blank
Family Office in Atlanta in December 2008, funded in part by a
grant from Healthcare
Georgia Foundation and Kaiser
Permanente.
A panel of national and Georgia experts on child and maternal health reported on recent trends, the serious effects of low birthweight on our children, and promising practices for prevention in hopes that this event would be a first step in making significant improvements for Georgia's children and families.
Listen to the presentations:
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Dr. Juan Acuña, associate professor of obstetrics-gynecology, genetics, and epidemiology at the Florida International University College of Medicine |
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Dr. Carol Hogue, professor of maternal and child health, and epidemiology at Emory University |
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Dr. Kathleen Adams, health economist and associate professor in the Rollins School of Public Health at Emory University |
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Dr. Sandra Elizabeth Ford, director of the Division of Public Health at Georgia Department of Human Resources |
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Dr. Carladenise Armbrister Edwards, chief of staff at the Georgia Department of Community Health |
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Tonya Lewis Lee, Esq., national spokesperson of A Healthy Baby Begins with You campaign |
This brief document summarizes key Georgia data and sets a direction for prevention that we will discuss more fully in the compendium to be released this spring. We hope this document and the Low-Birthweight Promising Practices Forum will be just a first step in making significant improvements for Georgia’s children and families.
Download
a summary of the Low Birthweight Promising Practice Forum.
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