The Birth Place birthing center and the Easy Access Prenatal Care Clinics serve women from all walks of life who ultimately have healthy pregnancies and babies under the care of Jennie's innovative prenatal care system, aptly named The JJ (Jennie Joseph) Way®. The mission is simple: to improve pregnancy and infant health outcomes by increasing ACCESS, providing EDUCATION and offering SUPPORT.
Who is JJ?
Jennie Joseph is a British-trained midwife of thirty years standing, practicing in the Winter Garden/Orlando area since 1995. Her recent book Beautiful! Images of Health, Joy and Vitality in Pregnancy and Birth chronicles the stories of some of the women in her practice who have triumphed against the odds, and have had healthy babies. Jennie has become an expert in the field of Infant Mortality as well as Black Infant Health because of the continuing poor outcomes experienced by women of color and has assisted countless women who would have been at-risk to carry their babies to full-term.
This video shows a typical situation at the Easy Access Clinic and how lack of access to care impacts lives
How can The JJ Way® make a difference for YOU?
ACCESS - We don’t turn anyone away! Prenatal care is essential to healthy outcomes yet is very difficult to secure if you are uninsured, waiting or between insurance or unable to afford the cost of care. Worse yet, you can get lost in complicated application systems for state or federal programs and find yourself with a rapidly advancing pregnancy and no provider willing to help you. Any pregnant woman who needs help will receive care.
EDUCATION - we want to make sure that all pregnant women and their families understand what is happening at all times. Our goal is a full-term healthy baby every time. Therefore we focus on educating mothers on optimum care for themselves and their newborns in ways that are practical, meaningful and doable. A peer-educator is available at every prenatal visit. From nutrition through parenting all classes are provided in-house and are free of charge for current patients.
SUPPORT – our patients and their families are treated with the utmost respect. We empower mothers to become their own best resource. The fundamental premise of The JJ Way® is that ‘every woman wants a healthy baby and every woman deserves one’. With that said we work as a TEAM to reach that goal – we support you every step of the way.
The JJ Way® works!
A 2007 study of The JJ Way® health care system documented no low birth weight babies and no premature babies for the African American and Hispanic women among the 100 study participants. Other successful efforts and models to address this issue are also being demonstrated around the country.
