When Akron Children’s Family Resource Center opened decades ago, it was a library where families could get information about their child’s illness or condition from trusted medical sources. When our new Family Resource Center opens in April, it will be a “one-stop shop” where families can get all the support services they need in one […]
Mario Morelos is an everyday hero for kids in our community
Little did Mario Morelos, regional advocacy injury prevention coordinator, know that the Heimlich maneuver he learned in a new parent class at Children’s, would be used 20 years later while he was on the job, as a Children’s employee. Mario and the external affairs team were distributing pack n’ plays at a farmer’s market, when […]
Kids and hot cars: Safety tips to avoid a tragedy
Since 1998, 915 children have died due to heatstroke in vehicles. More than 50% of hot car fatalities occur because a child was unknowingly left in a car. Heatstroke also can happen when a child is left in, or gets trapped in, a car on a hot day. When the outside temperature is 93°F the […]
Army of Moms promotes infant vitality in the Black community
In Summit County, the top three causes of infant mortality are prematurity, unsafe sleeping environments and practices, and birth defects. However, unlike deaths due to prematurity or birth defects, those caused by unsafe sleep are 100% preventable. Black infants are also at the greatest risk. “Non-Hispanic, Black infants are 2.5 to 3 times more likely […]
Safe Mobility Project awards teen safe driving and bicycle safety scholarships
The Safe Mobility Project, a collaboration between Akron Children’s and the Goodyear Foundation, recently awarded driving school scholarships to six teens who attend North High School and East Community Learning Center (CLC) in Akron, Ohio. The scholarships are for $400 and will cover each student’s enrollment at an Ohio Bureau of Motor Vehicles (BMV)-approved driving […]
Behavioral health nurses support patients and families through mental health crises
For Stephanie Ogden, clinical coordinator of the inpatient behavioral health unit in Akron, and Sara Zingaro, staff nurse in the partial hospitalization (PHP) and intensive outpatient program in the Mahoning Valley, caring for kids in crisis is a calling. “I fell in love with adolescent behavioral health after my mental health rotation in nursing school,” […]