Community Conversation

PLEASE COME AND SHARE YOUR IDEAS with

Renée Branch Canady, PhD, MPA Health Officer

Ingham County Health Department

Regarding:

The State of Michigan Infant Mortality Reduction Plan Michigan has a public health crisis. For every 1000 live births in our state approximately seven infants die before reaching their first birthday. Michigan’s infant mortality rate consistently exceeds the national average. In response, Governor Snyder has made reducing infant mortality a top priority in his plans to make Michigan a healthier state for us all. Dr. Canady, a champion for healthy communities, recently stated in the Lansing State Journal: “Infant mortality is not someone else’s problem. High infant mortality rates are indicative that our community is not well. If babies are dying prematurely and moms are not having healthy pregnancies, there is something inherent in the structure, culture, norms of the community contributing to that.” We need your input to help move the Infant Mortality Reduction Plan into action.

Hannah Community Center, Banquet Room (1st floor) 819 Abbot Road, East Lansing

Wednesday, November 7, 2012

7:00 - 8:30 pm.

Sponsors: League of Women Voters of the Lansing Area, American Association of University Women (AAUW), MSU Women’s Resource Center, MSU Safe Place, Women’s Center of Greater Lansing, Inc. Registration is FREE, but we would like to know if you will be joining us. Please contact Linda White at 517-410-8540 or email: whiteli@msu.edu