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The Push to Stop Preterm Births

By azdhs-admin| 2017-02-10T09:51:07-07:00 July 2nd, 2012|Prevention|

On June 18, we held a news conference with the Arizona March of Dimes and the Arizona Perinatal Trust to officially launch a new campaign to reduce preventable preterm births. We got great coverage this week, including a FOX News interview that aired in several other cities across the country. We’ve joined a national challenge issued by [...]

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Ensuring Healthy Birth Outcomes

By azdhs-admin| 2011-01-14T15:49:54-07:00 January 14th, 2011|Prevention|

What’s the most important thing we can do to ensure a good birth outcome? During the 1980s and 1990s, public health focused on the importance of prenatal care and ensuring that every woman got into prenatal care early in the pregnancy and continued with consistent care throughout the pregnancy. Programs like Health Start enlisted lay [...]