| Jewett City, CT, February 2, 2004 - The March of Dimes Connecticut Chapter has awarded a grant to the Eastern Area Health Education Center to support Assessing and Caring for Women with Ante Partum Depression. This program is aimed at underserved maternal and child health needs in Connecticut. The goal of the program is to improve the skills of health care providers to assess and clinically manage prenatal risk associated with pregnancy-related depression, which has been linked to fetal growth retardation, premature delivery and increased likelihood of admission into the Neonatal Care Delivery.
Health care providers at eight Connecticut hospitals will participate in health care grand rounds training projects throughout the year. Hospitals participating include Griffin Hospital (Derby), Stamford Hospital, Lawrence & Memorial Hospital (New London), Windham Community Hospital, Charlotte Hungerford Hospital (Torrington), Hartford Hospital, New Britain General Hospital and Middlesex Hospital (Middletown).
This grant is one of many that the March of Dimes awards in pursuit of its mission to prevent birth defects and infant mortality.
The Eastern Area Health Education Center’s mission is to improve healthcare through education and access. In recent years, Eastern AHEC has sponsored numerous workshops, seminars, lectures and conferences for health providers as well as engaging in collaborative efforts with community organizations throughout Connecticut.
The March of Dimes is a national voluntary health agency whose mission is to improve the health of babies by preventing birth defects and infant mortality. Founded in 1938, the March of Dimes funds programs of research, community services, education, and advocacy to save babies and in 2003 launched a five-year campaign to address the increasing rate of premature birth. For more information, visit the March of Dimes Web site at marchofdimes.com or its Spanish web site at nacersano.org. For more information on the annual March of Dimes WalkAmerica, visit the Web site at walkamerica.org.
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