Event: BabyPalooza Baby & Maternity Expo
Becoming a parent can be overwhelming, especially to first-time parents. The Babypalooza Baby & Maternity Tour is here to help. The Babypalooza Expo and Parenting Conference Throughout the year we […]
National Immunization Awareness Month
August is National Immunization Awareness Month! If you’ve ever wondered about the process vaccines go through to become recommended by the CDC, check out this infographic: http://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/parents/infographics/journey-of-child-vaccine.html
HMG Partners with Western Health Center
HMG Central Alabama Coordinator, Danna with Super Why Exciting things are happening in Central Alabama! Through our great partnership with Reach Out and Read-Alabama, Help Me Grow care coordinators are […]
How Childhood Trauma Affects Health Across a Lifetime
There is now scientific research that supports a direct link between early childhood experiences and physical health through both behavioral and biological pathways. In the Adverse Childhood Experience (ACE) Study […]
Infant Healthy Development & Nurturing Relationships
We all know infants need parents, but what impact do caregivers have on social and emotional health? Check out this post from Too Small to Fail on infant mental health: […]
National Minority Health Month
Autism Awareness, Week of the Young Child, Child Abuse Prevention, AND Minority Health – April is a busy month! Here’s what U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen […]
Reframing the Mental Health Issue
Photo Credit Dr. Paul Dworkin, of the Help Me Grow National Center, has updated his blog again! This month focuses on mental health… In a January 2014 New York Times […]
Get Vaccinated!
Parents must make thousands of healthcare decisions for their children over the course of their lives. Immunizations are crucial to disease prevention and have multiple benefits. Consider the following statements […]
Pediatricians & Healthy Child Development
Charles Bruner, Ph.D., director of the Child and Family Policy Center and HMG National partner, has written a blog post for BUILDing Strong Foundations. In the post, he describes the […]
Social Needs are as Important as Medical
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation published a report that supports the idea behind last week’s post. We discussed that poor health outcomes are often not solely rooted in poor health […]
