What is the Healthy Babies Coalition?
The Anne Arundel County Department of Health started the Healthy Babies Coalition in 2006 to address maternal and child health disparities among African Americans in the County. The coalition consists of government agencies, health care providers, social service providers, churches, community organizations and County residents.
The Healthy Babies Coalition has developed a comprehensive plan to improve the health and well being of pregnant women and infants in Anne Arundel County. The Healthy Babies Coalition's priorities are:
- To educate county women about preconception, prenatal, and postpartum health.
- To address cultural and health beliefs that contribute to disparities in infant mortality.
- To increase Anne Arundel County residents' awareness of maternal and child health issues.
- To reduce teenage pregnancy in Anne Arundel County.
Would you like to join the Healthy Babies Coalition?
If you would like to join the Healthy Babies Coalition, or for more information about the Healthy Babies Coalition, contact Lisa Helms Guba.
If you are a health care or social service provider, you can order FREE Healthy Babies Posters, Flyers, Brochures and Information Cards for your clients.
View the Healthy Babies Coalition Newsletters:
The Healthy Babies Coalition publishes a newsletter twice a year. The Newsletter contains updates about the coalition, articles about maternal and infant health, and information about programs and services for County residents. Contact us if you would like to subscribe to the newsletter.Healthy Babies Coalition Members
- Amerigroup Maryland, Inc.
- Annapolis Fire Department
- Annapolis OB/GYN Associates
- Annapolis Professional Resources
- Annapolis Youth Services
- Anne Arundel Community Action Agency
- Anne Arundel Community College
- Anne Arundel County Department of Aging and Disabilities
- Anne Arundel County Department of Health
- Anne Arundel County Department of Recreation and Parks
- Anne Arundel County Department of Social Services
- Anne Arundel County Extension Office
- Anne Arundel County Fire Department
- Anne Arundel County Mental Health Agency
- Anne Arundel County Office of Community and Constituent Services
- Anne Arundel County Public Schools
- Anne Arundel Medical Center
- Anne Arundel Women Giving Together
- Arundel Child Care Connection
- Asbury United Methodist Church
- Babies R Us
- Baltimore Washington Medical Center
- Bay Area Midwifery Center
- Bay Ridge Apartments
- Boys and Girls Clubs of Annapolis and Anne Arundel County
- CareFirst Blue Cross Blue Shield
- Center for Infant and Child Loss
- Chrysalis House
- Circle Terrace Apartments
- Coalition to End Childhood Lead Poisoning
- Coppin State University
- Empowering Believers Church
- Freetown Village
- Harbor Hospital
- Helix Family Choice
- Herrmann Advertising Design/Communications
- Jai Medical Systems
- Johns Hopkins Community Physicians at Odenton
- Johns Hopkins HealthCare/Priority Partners
- March of Dimes Maryland/National Capital Area Chapter
- Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygeine
- Maryland Physicians Care
- Meade Village
- Med Chi, Anne Arundel County Medical Society
- MedStar Family Choice, Inc.
- Office of County Executive John R. Leopold
- Owensville Primary Care
- Peoples Community Health Center
- Planned Parenthood of Maryland
- Restoration Community Development Corporation
- Salvation Army Annapolis
- Severna Park Pregnancy Clinic
- Sojourner-Douglass College
- Special Beginnings Birth & Woman's Center
- Stanton Community Center
- The Family Tree
- Ujima Foundation Inc.
- United Healthcare
- Van Bokkelen Elementary School
- Villages at Marley Station Apartments
- Wayman Good Hope A.M.E. Church
- YWCA of Annapolis and Anne Arundel County
- Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc.
