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Back-to-school is the perfect time to make sure your kids are up-to-date with their vaccines. Check out Kansas and Missouri school immunization requirements on Nurture KC’s immunization page.
Meet a few of the families we serve in our impact video. Once you see the families behind our mission, we hope it inspires you to get involved and learn more about Nurture KC! Become a member of Nurture KC.
Congratulations to Marcela Metcalf, Lead Community Health Worker, who received her Medical Interpreting Certification from Truman Medical Centers. She dedicated 60 hours during her weekends to receive this certification — all to benefit the families she serves through Nurture KC’s Healthy Start program.
“I have been interpreting for families for a while, but I wanted to get certified. I put the training to use immediately when one on my participants was having a miscarriage. I was able to interpret over the phone while she was at the ER,” Marcela says. “Many hospitals offer interpretation services, but having a trusted person to help is much better and provides my moms with peace of mind. I interpret for families for various reasons, including children’s schools, WIC, clinics, hospitals, other nonprofits, jobs, Medicaid and sometimes quick court appearances online.”
It’s National Breastfeeding Month! Check out these facts from the Kansas Department of Health and Environment and Nurture KC’s breastfeeding resources at https://nurturekc.org/resources/#breastfeeding.
It was a busy month at Nurture KC! Check out our July Newsletter, which includes our:
✅ Annual event recap and photos
✅ Interview on KCUR 89.3
✅ Healthy Start Program being featured by the Missouri Hospital Association
✅ New members (lots of them!)
✅ And more!
KCUR 89.3 interviewed our Executive Director, Tracy Russell, about improving local maternal outcomes and addressing racial disparities in health care. The interview was a result from Nurture KC’s annual event and newly released Maternal Morbidity Report (available to members at https://nurturekc.org/members/).
Listen to the interview at: Black Mothers More Likely To Die From Pregnancy-Related Causes | KCUR 89.3 – NPR in Kansas City. Local news, entertainment and podcasts.
Thanks to everyone who attended our annual event on how to improve local maternal outcomes. We appreciate Daysha Lewis (pictured with her kids) sharing her personal traumatic birth story and all our other speakers, including:
– Dr. Karen Florio with Saint Luke’s Hospital of Kansas City
– Dr. Tamela Ross with The Healing Corner KC
– Samantha Collinson, APRN with Truman Medical Centers
– Hakima Payne, RN with Uzazi Village
– Darcie Mendenhall, RN with Dreaming Tree Women’s Care
– Ashley Haden-Peaches, CD with Rodgers Health
– Tracy Russell, Executive Director of Nurture KC
Together, we can help more moms be healthy and safe through their pregnancies, deliveries and postpartum periods.
Register to attend Nurture KC’s annual event on July 21 at https://nurturekc.org/annual-meeting-july-21-2021/. Our keynote speaker is Dr. Karen Florio. She will be discussing the HOPE Registry at St. Luke’s, implicit bias and how clinicians can push for culture change among their peers. You don’t want to miss this enlightening event! Anyone is welcome — community members, health care providers, case managers, policy makers and more.
