Working Together for Stronger, Healthier Babies

Our Mission Fund Research to understand the problem and discover answers. To improve the health of babies by preventing birth defects, premature birth and infant mortality. Help Moms have full-term pregnancies and healthy babies. Support Families comforting them when their baby needs help to survive and thrive.

Charity of Choice Annual Incidences of Disorder and Disease Coronary and Stroke: Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics, 2009 Update - American Heart Association Birth Defect, Premature Birth and Infant Mortality: Peristats - March of Dimes Cancer: Surveillance and Health Policy Research, Cancer Facts and Figures American Cancer Society Juvenile Diabetes: Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation International

Two Goals: Raise awareness of the problem of prematurity in the United States Reduce the rate of premature birth in the United States Areas of Focus: Accelerate research funding in the United States and globally. Expand direct service to NICU-affected families in the United States Develop and fund Community Intervention Programs based on the Kentucky project, with particular attention to the challenges posed by late-preterm deliveries. Assume a more outspoken public stance on issues directly related to prematurity prevention. from the Board of Trustees Resolution, 3/2008 The Prematurity Campaign

Born Too Soon… Full term = 40 weeks Preterm birth = birth before 37 completed weeks Late preterm = weeks

Infant deaths by cause of death Tennessee and US, 2006 SIDS is Sudden Infant Death Syndrome. RDS is Respiratory Distress Syndrome. "Maternal Preg. Comp." stands for "Maternal Complications of Pregnancy." Cause of death for is based on the Ninth Revision, International Classification of Diseases (ICD-9); cause of death for after 1998 is based on the Tenth Revision, International Classification of Diseases (ICD-10). Source: National Center for Health Statistics, period linked birth/infant death data. Retrieved August 31, 2011, from

Infant deaths by age at death Tennessee, 2006 A neonatal death occurs in the first 28 days of life. A postneonatal death occurs between 28 days and one year of life. Source: National Center for Health Statistics, period linked birth/infant death data. Retrieved August 30, 2011, from

Infant mortality rates by race/ethnicity Tennessee, Average All race categories exclude Hispanics. An infant death occurs within the first year of life. Source: National Center for Health Statistics, period linked birth/infant death data. Retrieved August 30, 2011, from

TIOP III Themes and Action Items Assuring the uptake of robust perinatal quality improvement and safety initiatives. Creating equity and decreasing disparities in perinatal care and outcomes. Empowering women and families with information to enable the development of full partnerships between health care providers and patients and shared decision-making in perinatal care. Standardizing the regionalization of perinatal services. Strengthening the national vital statistics system.