Cradle of Hope™ Lecturer Appointed to HRSA Position

 

 

                                                                   

Baltimore Healthy Start, Inc. is pleased to announce that Michael Lu, MD, MPH has been named the new HRSA Associate Administrator for MCH (MCH Bureau Director). Many are aware of Dr. Lu's work around racial and health disparities and the life course perspective. He was this year’s  Cradle of Hope™ Lecturer, and is a long-time friend of Healthy Start who looks forward to future collaboration with him in this new position.

 (The MCH Bureau funds Baltimore Healthy Start and all of the other 104 Healthy Start’s across the nation)

______________________________________________________

 Dr. Lu Presents the Life Course Theory as the Cradle of Hope Lecturer

On a  rainy Friday afternoon, during infant mortality awareness month, 120 students, faculty, providers, health care administrators, and Healthy Start staff listened attentively as Dr. Michael Lu presented his Life Course Theory as a way of explaining and addressing persistent disparities in infant mortality.

  

            

                    

 

 

 

 

Cradle of Hope

The Cradle of HopeTM is Baltimore Healthy Start's public awareness intitiative to inform and mobilize Maryland Residents about issues contributing to infant mortality, low birth weight and pre-term births.

 

Become a Champion for Healthy Babies

Volunteer

Donate

 

Quick Take

Impact of Online Giving

More than 65 percent of donors use information from the Internet before giving, whether online or offline – and 40 percent always go online before giving, regardless of whether they give online or offline.

Roughly 19 percent of men and women who use the Internet donate to charity online – compared to banking online: 41 percent or shopping online: 67 percent

The number one reason donors say they give online is convenience. Other top reasons include giving quickly at times of crisis, making multiple gifts in one transaction through a giving portal, and seeing their overall giving history.

Online donors are generous. Whether due to income levels, the impulsive nature of online giving or the credit card effect, online donors give significantly more than offline donors.

In 2007, Offline-only donors who also received e-newsletters gave more than twice as much as did offline donors who did not receive electronic communication.

Online giving is growing exponentially each year, from $250 million in 2000 to more than $4.5 billion in 2005.

Source:  Center for Nonprofit Excellence, Vol. 11, No. 09, April 27, 2011

 

Find us on Facebook

Follow us on Twitter

Baltimore Healthy Start, Inc is a Member of

Copyright 2010 | Baltimore Healthy Start | Contact