Do you have a story you’d like to share about the importance of prenatal care? Have you been involved in a successful program and want to share your story? Do you belong to an organization in Shelby County that could benefit others to ensure their baby is healthy? We are looking for personal stories for the IMRI blog, and we’d like to feature you as a guest blogger! Send an email to ShelbycountyIMRI@gmail.com and someone from our team will be in contact with you.
How convenient would it be to have information right at your fingertips?! In an effort to join the ever-growing world of technology, The Shelby County Health Department created the FREE B4BabyLife mobile app to encourage healthy pregnancies and healthy families as well as to help prevent infant mortality.
Shayla Lawrence, MPH
Public Health Coordinator- Maternal Tobacco Prevention
Shelby County Health Department
Violence as a Public Health Issue
Shelby County Health Department Joins Forces to Fight the Real Monster under the Bed
By: Angela P. Moore
Community Health Planner, Shelby County Health Department
Like many children, you may have been afraid of the “monster” under the bed. Your parents would make you look under the bed to find that nothing was there and that would ease your fears so you could fall soundly asleep.
Allison Stiles, M.D., FAAP
Pediatrics, Internal Medicine, Breastfeeding Medicine
Chair, Shelby County Breastfeeding Coalition
Yvonne Madlock
Director, Shelby County Health Department
After 20 years in this role, today is my last day of service as the Director of the Shelby County Health Department.
I want to take this opportunity to share several thoughts related to infant mortality reduction and community health improvement.
Shine Bright like a BF STAR: Benefits of Social Support of Breastfeeding
By: Shenika Holmes, Public Health Intern (BF STARS)
Shelby County Health Department
Hi, my name is Shenika Holmes, and I am a proud supporter of breastfeeding!
How many children do I have? Zero.
Am I expecting? No.
Campaigning for a Healthy Baby- Join the Campaign
Lenae C. Yancy, MPH
Shelby County Health Department, Community Health Bureau
Becoming a mother is a big responsibility!
Tuberculosis Disease Could Be
Silently Killing Your Kid(s)
Ashley Ross, MPH
Public Health Coordinator – TB Outreach
Shelby County Health Department
Sandra Allen, Director
Le Bonheur Center for Children and Parents
Early Success Coalition
“Early childhood is both the most critical and the most vulnerable time in any child’s development. In the first few years, the tone for intellectual, emotional and moral growth is set. We cannot fail children in these early years” (Brazelton & Greenspan, 2000, p. x)