Informed Mothers for healthy babies

In partnership with the Washington Chapter of March of Dimes

Project Description

The Informed Mothers for Healthy Babies project utilizes ReWA’s extensive network of services to immigrant and refugee women to educate and link at-risk women to prevention services to reduce birth defects, prematurity, and infant mortality.  Utilizing our proven peer-education model, we have reached King County refugee and immigrant women of childbearing age, including those who have had genital mutilation or were victims of rape at a young age during war in their home country. 

ReWA's Informed Mothers for Healthy Babies Project provides culturally and linguistically relevant education, support and guidance workshops that can lead to improved maternal health and healthy babies for refugee and immigrant families.  Project components include: community outreach, educational workshops in the native language of participants, home visits, peer educators who will educate others one-on-one, and provides resource and referral linkage to state and local maternal health programs and services.

Through partnerships with the University of Washington and Seattle University Schools of Nursing, ReWA has developed multi-lingual training materials that address sensitive issues of refugee women.  Comprehensive curriculum and evaluation tools are used to ensure quality information is delivered and taught in ways that sensitively meet client needs.  ReWA’s learning from this project benefits many others trying to serve these vulnerable women to reduce birth defects, prematurity and infant mortality. 

Workshops run quarterly by multi-ethnic staff both on-site and/or off-site.

for more information

Contact Maggie Sung At ReWA (206) 721-5298

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