Advocacy In ChildcarePlease Support Women in Prenatal and Postnatal PeriodIncrease the Outreach Program

Outreach program is not enough for the pregnant women to attend the prenatal and postnatal program.

Advocacy Statement

Surveys show that due to the lack of English literacy, new immigrant and poor pregnant women get deprived of the services they desperately need. As results, the women in low income families stay beyond the opportunities offered by various service organizations.

Rationale

Lack of information about prenatal and postnatal care can cause a series of problems. For example-

Poor diet.Cause amnesia.Risk of complications can cause death.Cause normal development delay of the child.Premature death.

Impact

It is a program of Toronto Public Health.

It is a community based program.

It provides service for children 0-6 months as well as their families.

What is Prenatal and Postnatal program?

Taking classes to learn about nutritional food.

The public health nurses take health classes.

Provides assistance at prenatal and postnatal period.

Helping baby delivery.

Provides childcare services during the class period.

Provides transportation (TTC tokens)

$10 grocery voucher for nutritious food.

How it helps women in Prenatal and Postnatal Period

Funded by-

Cooperative work between-East End Community Health Center.

Toronto Public Health.

Applegrove Community Complex.

Federal Agency Public Health Canada

Who runs the program?

Low-income families.

Single parents.

New immigrants, refugees and homeless people.

No memberships required.

Who is getting these services?

Keeping in contact with the agency to encourage them to raise the outreach program.

Visit door to door a petition.

Distribute flyers in high school and Centennial College.

Posted fliers on individual child care centers and community clubs.

Held workshops in different public places.

Advocacy Plan

Connect with East End Community Health Center.

Program coordinator.

Attend Applegrove parent child drop-in center to attend the workshop.

Advocate verbally and visually

Connect with East End Community Health Center.

Program coordinator.

Attend Applegrove parent child drop-in center to attend the workshop.

Advocate verbally and visually

Pregnant women in GTA.

Future children.

Entire communities in GTA.

Families of the pregnant women.

Government.

Stakeholders

Held a workshop at Crescent Town Public School with young mothers.

Held another workshop at Recreational Center Arena.

Workshops at
Crescent Town Public School

Continue working on this issue.

The East End Community Health Center coordinators invited us to join in their next monthly meeting.

Applegrove drop in center coordinators and parents wanted to know the results.

We will do another follow up workshop at a high school guidance center.

Follow up Plan

Who are the stakeholders?

What is the Advocacy statement?

Who is providing that money?

Question for the class

Kazi Taslima Sultana

Sabrina Campbell

Judith Azyakpinh

Afroza Bagum

Nazma Khanam

Thu Quynh Nguyen

Advocacy Group Members

Bibliography:

http://studentweb.cencol.ca/
http://www.phac-aspc.gc.ca
http://www.seedingcommunities.org
http://www.atkinsonfoundation.cahttp://www.ehow.com/info_8491768_effects-socioeconomic-status-children.htmlhttp://www.beststart.org/resources/anti_poverty/pdf/prog_mgr_guide.pdfhttp://www.beststart.org/resources/anti_poverty/pdf/REDUCE.pdfhttp://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2528810/
http://pregnancy.lovetoknow.com/wiki/Canada_Maternity_Benefits
East End Community Center Toronto
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