COMING EVENTS
(See Calendar for all coming events,
and selected materials from past events.)

FREE! Monthly Childbirth Class
sponsored by KC Healthy Start -
open to all metro KC families.
This is a one-day, comprehensive class
held (usually) the third Tuesday of the month.
Next class: Tuesday, June 18, 2013
SPACE IS LIMITED
YOU MUST CALL
(816) 283-6242 ext. 252 to register!
Your partner is welcome to attend!
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MAIC Immunization Symposium:
"Disease Knows No Borders"
Friday, June 21, 2013
Ritz Charles Convention Center
REGISTER NOW
EXHIBITORS REGISTER HERE

Print the Brochure

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MCHC Quarterly Meeting
Friday, July 26, 2013
"Perinatal and Neonatal Effects of Obesity"
REGISTRATION LINK:
Click HERE to Register for this Event

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PAST EVENTS

MCHC Annual Meeting
Friday, April 26. 2013
"The Effects of Poverty:
The Rise of Childhood Hunger and Obesity"

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Safe Kids Metro KC
Child Safety Initiative - CSI:
"Partners in Prevention"
Friday, April 12, 2013
For copies of presentations shown at this event,
go to the date on the Calendar.

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Safe Kids Metro KC Quarterly Meeting
and
KC Metro Youth Collaborative
Tuesday, March 19, 2013
"Signs of Suicide"

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MCHC January Quarterly Meeting:
"Human Trafficking: Child Exploitation"
Friday, January 25, 2013
Blue Springs High School's
Wildcat TV Special Edition-Human Trafficking episode
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ANNUAL LEGISLATIVE PROGRAM
Friday, Oct. 26, 2012
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BET's Rap-it-Up Event
at the Gem Theater,
Thursday, September 20

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MCHC Quarterly Meeting
"Keeping Women and Infants Well -
How the System is Changing"
For handouts from this meeting,
go to the CALENDAR and scroll to the date:
Friday, July 27, 2012

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See MCHC Calendar for other
MCHC events,
committee meetings, etc.
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For news about OUR PARTNERS' events, etc.,
go to the
COMMUNITY CALENDAR
If you are a Member, send us your events!

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Directions to the MCHC Office

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MCHC Weather Policy:
If the KCMO schools are closed
due to weather conditions, then
all MCHC meetings are automatically canceled.
If there is any doubt, please check the news
for this information before you head out
to any MCHC meetings.

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NEWS

Safe Haven for Newborns - NEW VIDEO created by Park Hill South High School students and Riverside Police Department. Check it out!

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Thanks to everyone who participated in CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION MONTH!

Missouri Child Abuse Hotline:
1-800-392-3738
Kansas Child Abuse Hotline:
1-800-922-5330
Human Trafficking Resource Center:
1-888-373-7888
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Blue Springs High School's
Wildcat TV Special Edition-Human Trafficking episode

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1/29/2013 CDC Immunization Guidelines

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1/29/2013 Head Injury is a Serious Matter for All Athletes, Students and Professionals

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MCHC OPEN LETTER in response to
December 14, 2012.

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Encourage
BREASTFEEDING
Nominate an Employer for the
Employer Support for Nursing Mothers Award
Application
For a list of current award recipients,
CLICK HERE

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GET A FLU SHOT TODAY.
Do it to
PROTECT YOURSELF
AND THE ONES YOU LOVE.
Click here to find a flu clinic near you.
Share the BEE WISE IMMUNIZE flier.
and Watch this
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OCTOBER WAS
INTERNATIONAL
WALK TO SCHOOL MONTH

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SEPTEMBER WAS NATIONAL
INFANT MORTALITY AWARENESS Month
Healthy from the Start BLOG

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Where's Baby?
Don't forget to
LOOK BEFORE YOU LOCK!
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BREASTFEEDING:
It's best for both baby and mother.

Missouri Governor Jay Nixon Proclaims August Breastfeeding Month
http://worldbreastfeedingweek.org/.

SPECIAL: Free issue of Journal of Midwifery & Women's Health on Breastfeeding Issues

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Pregnant or have a new baby? Sign up now for text4baby! From your cell phone, send a text message with the word "baby"
(or "bebe" for Spanish) to 511411
OR you can sign up here: http://www.text4baby.org/

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Are your kids eligible for MEDICAID?
Find out and sign up HERE
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SAFE HAVEN for NEWBORNS
is a CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION STRATEGY
Radio interviews:
Debby Howland, Child Abuse Roundtable, part 1,
Debby Howland part 2;
Susan McLoughlin and Debby Howland;
CASA: A Child Abuse Survivor
Tells His Story
Safe Haven video interview
shown on Ch. 2: LINK.

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TO CURE VIOLENCE YOU MUST INTERRUPT IT AND CHANGE BEHAVIORS!
Must-see documentary 
THE INTERRUPTERS

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Resource for Health Information:
Kansas Health Matters website.

SAFETY TIPS:
1. Whenever you have small visitors in your home, please make sure your medicines are
UP AND AWAY!

2. Review the recommendations from National Safe Kids Coaltion on
HOME TOY SAFETY TIPS.

3. Button Battery Danger: Be sure to keep batteries out of reach of small children, especially those button batteries!
Watch this video.

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Mother & Baby Health Special
TEN TIPS FOR A HEALTHY PREGNANCY
a collaboration between MCHC and Blue Cross Blue Shield Kansas City.

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From the journal PEDIATRICS:
"Pesticide Use and ADHD in Children"

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A Safe Haven for Newborns

Click on the link above to learn more about the Safe Haven laws in Missouri and Kansas.Also check out our POWER POINT presentation on Safe Haven for Newborns.

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THE AFFORDABLE HEALTH CARE ACT

For an entertaining and informative video on the Affordable Health Care Act, from the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation, CLICK HERE.

IN HONOR OF A SPECIAL MOTHER IN YOUR LIFE:

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Support MCHC Using GOODSEARCH.com

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NOTE: The MCHC Community Resource Guide is available in limited quantities. Please call (816) 283-6242 for details on availability.

CLICK HERE TO SEE ALL MCHC MERCHANDISE, including Resource Guides, Donor Cards, Baby Onesies, and the "PJ Gets Wise" DVD and Teacher's Curriculum.

To submit information to us for future editions of the MCHC Community Resource Guide,
CLICK HERE.