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New Jersey’s 10th Annual Perinatal Health Disparities Conference
“Improving Mental Health Among Black Women, Children & Families”
UMDNJ Oral Health Pavilion (Newark)
September 22, 2009
SPONSOR SUMMARIES
The New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services is committed to fostering
accessible and high-quality health and senior services to help all people in New Jersey
achieve optimal health, dignity and independence. The Department works to prevent
disease, promote and protect well-being at all life stages and encourage informed
choices that enrich quality of life for individuals and communities.
Family Health Line: (800) 328-3838
Website: http://www.state.nj.us/health/
The Northern New Jersey Maternal / Child Health
Consortium's mission is to create opportunities to
improve maternal and child health. This mission is
accomplished through the analysis of health statistics
and the identification of community needs, resources, and system deficiencies. Committed to continuous quality
improvement and program evaluation, the Consortium promotes multi-faceted activities that ensure maternal and
child well being in a culturally supportive / sensitive environment. Its Black Infant Mortality Reduction Resource
Center serves as a national resource on health issues affecting women and children of color.
The Black Infant Mortality Reduction (BIMR) Resource
Center's mission is to decrease death rates among
infants of African descent through provider and
consumer education as well as health policy
advocacy, and promoting health disparity agendas.
The BIMR Resource Center has sponsored Disparities
conferences each year since its inception in 1999.
PETALS Warm-line: (866) 665-6242
Website: www.maternalchildhealth.org/bimr
The University of Medicine and Dentistry of New
Jersey School of Nursing promotes excellence in
healthcare through quality, innovative education
of nurses and other professionals. The School affirms its
commitment to clinical practice, scholarship, and
advocacy for underserved populations, and the diverse communities it serves. The mission of the Center for
Continuing and Outreach Education is to serve the lifelong learning needs and interests of professionals in
healthcare and life sciences through the development of meaningful and objective content, the impactful
presentation of knowledge, and the continuous evaluation and improvement of activities.
Phone: (973) 972-4307 / (973) 972-1660
Websites: http://sn.umndj.edu / http://ccoe.umdnj.edu
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New Jersey’s 10th Annual Perinatal Health Disparities Conference
“Improving Mental Health Among Black Women, Children & Families”
UMDNJ Oral Health Pavilion (Newark)
September 22, 2009
SPONSOR SUMMARIES (CONTINUED)
The mission of the Central New Jersey Maternal and Child Health
Consortium, Inc. (CNJMCHC), a not for profit organization, acting as
advocates and catalysts, is to improve the health of infants, children,
and women of childbearing age in the region, utilizing the resources of
private, public, community-based and governmental organizations, and
consumers.
Phone: (800) 206-6988 or (732) 937-5437
Website: www.cnjmchc.org
Gateway's strategic directives are to improve non-
hospital based provider services particularly for
children, and become an advocate for mothers and
children through political and other avenues of
influence. Gateway also seeks to maximize resources
to enable implementation of new or expanded services
for pregnant women and children.
Phone: (973) 268-2280
Website: www.gatewaymch.org
The mission of the Hudson Perinatal Consortium is to meet the healthcare needs of women,
infants and children in Hudson County, and to coordinate education, outreach and advocacy
through regional planning and collaboration. The Consortium conducts extensive community
outreach and educational programs for the diverse population of consumers and providers in
Hudson County.
Hudson Perinatal Consortium
Phone: (201) 876-8900
Website: www.hudsonperinatal.org
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New Jersey’s 10th Annual Perinatal Health Disparities Conference
“Improving Mental Health Among Black Women, Children & Families”
UMDNJ Oral Health Pavilion (Newark)
September 22, 2009
SPONSOR SUMMARIES (CONTINUED)
The Regional Perinatal Consortium of Monmouth and Ocean Counties, Inc. is
rpcmoc
the regional perinatal consortium of monmouth &
committed to improving the health of pregnant women and children in Monmouth and
Ocean Counties. This shall be ccomplished through the collaborative efforts
of Regional Perinatal Centers, hospitals, health care providers, community
ocean counties, inc.
organizations, governmental agencies, consumers and consumer
advocacy organizations. The Consortium also identifies barriers to access to care and plan and coordinate prevention,
education, and clinical service programs.
Phone: (732) 363-5400
Website: www.rpcmoc.com
The Southern New Jersey Perinatal Cooperative is a non-profit health network
which coordinates and supports maternal-fetal, newborn and pediatric care.
Activities of the Cooperative are focused on preventing preterm births and
improving the health of pregnant women, infants and children in South Jersey.
Phone: (856) 665-6000
Website: www.snjpc.org
The Foundation “shall support and foster the provision
of health care services, health care education, and,
when reasonable and appropriate, medical and
scientific research, and shall respond to the medical, custodial and other health-related needs of elderly,
underprivileged, vulnerable and underserved persons in the MetroWest Jewish community, the greater Newark
community, Essex County, and, when appropriate, the State of New Jersey.”
Phone: (973) 921-1210
Website: www.hfnj.org
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