1. Advocacy In Childcare
Please Support
Women in Prenatal
and Postnatal
Period
Increase the
Outreach Program

2. “Outreach program is not
enough for the pregnant
women to attend the
prenatal and postnatal
program”.
Advocacy Statement

3. 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

4. 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

5.  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?

6.  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

7. 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?

8. Low-income
families.
Single parents.
New immigrants, refugees and
homeless people.
No memberships required.
Who is getting these services?

9. 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

10.  Connect with East End Community Health Center.
 Program coordinator.
 Attend Applegrove parent child drop-in center to
attend the workshop.
Advocate verbally and visually

11. Pregnant women in GTA.
Future children.
Entire communities in GTA.
Families of the pregnant women.
Government.
Stakeholders

12. Held a workshop at Crescent Town Public School
with young mothers.
Held another workshop at Recreational Center
Arena.
Workshops at
Crescent Town Public School

13.  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

14.  Who are the stakeholders?
 What is the Advocacy statement?
 Who is providing that money?
Question for the class

15. Kazi Taslima Sultana
Sabrina Campbell
Judith Azyakpinh
Afroza Bagum
Nazma Khanam
Thu Quynh Nguyen
Advocacy Group Members

16. 
Bibliography:
http://studentweb.cencol.ca/
http://www.phac-aspc.gc.ca
http://www.seedingcommunities.org
http://www.atkinsonfoundation.ca
http://www.ehow.com/info_8491768_effects-socioeconomic-status-children.html
http://www.beststart.org/resources/anti_poverty/pdf/prog_mgr_guide.pdf
http://www.beststart.org/resources/anti_poverty/pdf/REDUCE.pdf
http://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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