Under the B’more for Healthy Babies initiative, CCP and other partners have made great strides in reducing infant mortality in the city. A new safe sleep approach could help even more.
The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health has chosen the CCP leader for its Staff Excellence in Baltimore Public Health Practice Award.
As a SBCC Summit co-host and longtime leader in the field, CCP will have a strong presence at the conference, which opens June 22 in Panama City.
A new project led in part by CCP aims to address postpartum depression and obesity by designing support around what mothers say they actually need.
How a structured brainstorming session at the Johns Hopkins Center for Communication Programs became a years-long call to prevent drug deaths the community.
“It’s about … welcoming different ways for people to share their experiences and ideas,” says CCP’s August Summers. “Our work is strongest when community members actively shape the messages and tools created for their own communities.”
With cannabis legalized for people over 21, more pregnant people and new parents are reporting that they use it. Now that it is legal, new CCP tool helps providers answer questions about whether it is safe.
Working with Johns Hopkins Cochlear Center, the goal is to develop a broader campaign to make hearing something people monitor regularly, like blood pressure, steps or sleep.
Water Angel, CCP’s Apral Smith-Jefferson says, is a quiet but devastatingly powerful exploration of the Black maternal health crisis. In just 13 minutes, it confronts medical racism, reproductive health inequities, and the consequences of not being believed.
A new video designed to promote safe sleep has been launched by B’more for Healthy Babies, for which the Johns Hopkins Center for Communication Programs serves as a partner.
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