The Birth Place is a unique full-service facility providing world-class midwifery and womens health care, in which our patients' safety and well-being always comes first.
The Birth Place strives to create a supportive, educational experience in a relaxed, friendly and professional environment.
Nubian Health Network is the source for all your women's health information needs.
Our mission is to provide you with accurate, pertinent and current health education, referrals and resources; help to reduce racial disparities in health care and to re-build positive community connections through sharing.
Commonsense Childbirth is a non-profit organization formed to enhance women's experience of childbirth and improve perinatal outcomes using a midwifery model of care.
Our vision is that all women have a healthy baby.
Jennie Joseph's Campaign for Healthier Babies.
Jennie Joseph was born and raised in England and received her midwifery education from Barnet School of Nursing & Midwifery in affiliation with Edgware General Hospital in London. Always a pioneer for women's special healthcare needs, Jennie brings 26 years of combined expertise to help pregnant women achieve the birth of their dreams.
To be the NEW approach to women's wellness by providing inspiration, education, empowerment and support as a means to optimal health and by ensuring that all women have healthcare answers that they can understand.
To support the systems changes that will be integral to this NEW approach and to be the source for information and training regarding such changes.
Jennie Joseph is available to speak at your event - contact us at speaker@jenniejoseph.com
Will you help her deliver?
Campaign for Healthier Babies... Help Jennie deliver $90,000 in Nine Months!
Nine Months from now in September we will recognize National Infant Mortality Month. Infant Mortality is the death of a live-born baby within the first year of life. During this time of recognition, our goal is to continue to educate mothers, fathers, family members, community leaders and our public about the shocking number of infant deaths being experienced by families in the United States, and how they can be reduced.
"Simply put, our babies are dying! People just don’t realize the impact of infant mortality in our communities and so we have launched our Campaign for Healthier Babies," states Jennie Joseph, midwife, owner of The Birth Place birthing center, executive director of her non-profit Commonsense Childbirth Inc. and the founder of The JJ Way™ maternity health care system.
Download the flyer (PDF) or read more on the Campaign over at Commonsense Childbirth.
ORLANDO Her reasons for being tremendously involved with two local benevolent organizations while trying to balance a career and mentor her 19 year-old daughter are quite simple: intuition and common sense.
It was Fifth Third Bank Orlando Magic Maker Monica May's intuition that led her to become extensively involved with the programs Common Sense Childbirth Inc., and Consider Your Image, a non-profit organization she founded herself. And it's common sense that drives her today.
"I know there is a simple way to life," explains May. "If there is an opportunity to help put together a road map for young people, I want to be a part of that."
From tampabay.com. In Print: Monday, February 23, 2009.
WINTER GARDEN — This Central Florida office feels more like a home than a maternity ward, with portraits of glowing mothers-to-be proudly displayed on the walls leading to the "suites." The Van Gogh room has a nighttime feel, with a dark blue couch near a star-designed quilted bed and the Starry Night painting hanging above.
And then there is the birthing stool oddly found in the mix, looking more like a misplaced item in a bedroom.
It is the vision of Jennie Joseph, an energetic midwife originally from England who has run this birthing center since 1994.
Her waiting room is filled with expectant parents, but times are still tough for her and many of Florida's approximately 110 midwives.
2009 is off to a great start and I am writing to personally wish you all the very best for this upcoming year. I am excited to announce the launch of my Campaign for Healthier Babies and to invite you to come sail the high seas with us in October - yes, we are going on a CRUISE to The Bahamas! This will be our first annual 'fun'draising cruise and I am looking forward to some much needed down time with my family and yours. Come hang out with us, bring your friends, co-workers and relatives and let's have some fun!
Imagine this - cruising can help us raise funds for Commonsense Childbirth, our non-profit program, which provides prenatal care, education and support for uninsured and low income women at The Birth Place. We maintain an 'open door' policy at our Easy Access clinics - no woman will be turned away if she needs help with her pregnancy. More and more women are struggling to find a way to pay for maternity care or are having trouble securing Medicaid. We often see women who are more than 30 weeks advanced in their pregnancy, still waiting for their application to go through and unable to find a practitioner to help them.
We also set up Easy Access Clinics in Sanford, Orange City and Daytona last year. Our motto is ''every woman wants a healthy baby and every woman deserves one" the need is great and it is getting worse. We know our program is making a difference - of 245 women who attended our Easy Access clinic at The Birth Place in 2008 only 2% had a premature baby. The average for Orange County is 15% and is even higher for African American women. They say it costs around $37,000 - $50,000 in medical care per preterm baby; this means that we saved the State more than $1 million by helping the other 13% carry their babies to full term. (If you've ever been a patient, you know how hard we work to make sure you can reach us around the clock if you need help).
Our recent study proved that my midwifery model, The JJ Way™, is making an impact - I like my babies cute and chunky! Your financial support enables us to continue to offer prenatal care and classes to the most vulnerable women and babies in our community. There are many ways to help us please check the Campaign page. Thank you for caring!
Call Kaevon at 407 654 9900 or e-mail her at worldtravelst@aol.com - $50 deposit is due by Februaury 1st to secure your spot. Check out the attachments for more details. See you soon...
Jennie
Beautiful!
Submitted by Jennie Joseph on Tue, 11/06/2007 - 10:52am.
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Announcing the arrival of Jennie Joseph's New Book: Beautiful! Images of Health, Joy and Vitality in Pregnancy and Birth.
"To me all pregnant women are beautiful, but maybe after having spent a lifetime working with them, I am somewhat biased. So why a book about Black pregnant women and babies specifically? Why not? Have you ever seen such a book? Amongst the plethora of "Omigod I'm (She's, We're) Having a Baby" books have you come across any uplifting or encouraging pregnancy photography books? There are many cute baby photo books, brimming with pictures of healthy, happy cherubs which touch and move us all, so much so that you don’t even have to be pregnant to enjoy them.
Troubling data on infant deaths
By Eugene Declercq and Judy Norsigian | November 17, 2008 BOSTON GLOBE
PRESIDENT-ELECT Obama's healthcare reform proposals have focused intensely on two key questions: How much would reform cost and how many people would be covered? He also must address the critical issue of why the United States has such poor health outcomes despite all the money we spend.
A report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention documents a slight decline in the national infant mortality rate (the number of deaths to babies under 1 year of age) in 2006, but the rate has essentially remained flat since 2000, leaving the United States 29th among industrialized countries.
Gabrielle Finley | Sentinel Staff Writer | April 23, 2008
Read the original article at the Orlando Sentinel
SANFORD - Shanette Lee thought hope was around the corner.
Her life had not been easy. Brushes with the law landed her in prison for a few years.
Then a relationship in New Jersey went sour, causing Lee, 29 and three months pregnant, to head to relatives in Sanford. But things got worse, and Lee ended up at a homeless shelter, rationing the prenatal vitamins she got back in New Jersey.
"There were times where I didn't know if I was going to get anything to eat," Lee said.
She was afraid her baby would die.
She was also a walking statistic for black infant mortality.
The death rate for Seminole County's black babies is off the charts -- seven times that of white babies, said midwife Jennie Joseph."This is outrageous, and these statistics can't stand," Joseph said.
'Saving Our Babies - The JJ Way™' has called together leaders in the government, health, social service and faith communities for a breakfast symposium to be held on Friday April 11, 2008. The keynote speaker for this event, Dr. Charles Mahan, is Dean and Professor Emeritus at the College of Public Health and The Lawton and Rhea Chiles Center for Healthy Mothers and Babies at the University of South Florida. Hosted by Central Florida Regional Hospital in Sanford, the meeting will focus on sharing the facts and shaping solutions in a collaborative effort to end this runaway racial disparity. "Our combined strengths and efforts will prevail as we move forward with an agenda to improve the health of all members of our community, particularly our most vulnerable and needy populations, with this sincere effort to prevent infant deaths" states Joseph.
Download the full press release.
Download the fact sheet.
For more details call 407-860-0611 or e-mail jennie@jenniejoseph.com
Jennie receives the 2007 Women's Resource Center's Summit Award. This video bio was presented to the audience at the gala award ceremony.
A short clip on Jennie Joseph. When your source of information matters, Jennie delivers years of practical experience and education.
Order your copy today from www.jenniejoseph.com
Jennie Joseph's amazing photo journal depicts the impact of her maternal child healthcare system, The JJ Way™, on positive pregnancy outcomes. A portion of proceeds from the sale of this book goes to support Jennie's non-profit agency Commonsense Childbirth which provides the opportunity for every woman to have a healthy pregnancy and birth.
