Photos: Montefiore Wakefield hosts community health fair featuring maternal and child health education resources

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Montefiore Wakefield held a health fair to provide much-needed resources and information to expectant mothers and post-partum families.
Photo courtesy of Montefiore Health System

Montefiore Einstein’s Wakefield Campus hosted a community health fair for expectant and post-partum families on Wednesday, May 21.

Maternal and child health experts from the hospital were on hand to help share educational information and resources with those in attendance. They were joined in these efforts by community partners.

Photo courtesy of Montefiore Health System
Photo courtesy of Montefiore Health System

Among the topics that Montefiore providers covered at the fair were breastfeeding and pre-eclampsia. The providers included lactation consultants, registered nurses, social workers and community partners.

Photo courtesy of Montefiore Health System
Photo courtesy of Montefiore Health System

Community partners for the event included the New York Milk Bank, the New York City Department of Transportation, Bronx Healthy Start Partnership and the Bronx Health Link.

Representatives from the New York Milk Bank were on hand for Montefiore Wakefield’s health fair. Photo courtesy of Montefiore Health System
Photo courtesy of Montefiore Health System
Photo courtesy of Montefiore Health System