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North Carolina Healthy Start Foundation

Every 9 Hours Campaign
"Women's Health Focus"
30 seconds
Message Content:

(Soft music playing in the background)
Female Voice: Are you always taking care of your children...your family...your best friend...your dog?

Are you often worried about work or overwhelmed by everything you have to do today?

Are you too busy or too tired to take care of yourself?

(Upbeat music in the background)
As a woman, the choices you make about your health are among the most important decisions of your life.

Starting today, take time to eat right, exercise, reduce stress, take a multivitamin with folic acid and make an appointment to see a doctor. 

Do it for YOU!

This message is brought to you by the North Carolina
Healthy Start Foundation , the Old North State
Medical Society and the NC Division of Public Health. 


Every 9 Hours Campaign
"Infant Mortality Focus "
30 seconds
Message Content:

(Ticking Clock in the background)
Female Voice: Every nine hours a baby dies in North Carolina. (pause)  
Isn’t it time we stopped the clock? (Ticking Stops)

(Soft Music in the background)
Female Voice:
If you are pregnant or thinking about having a baby, take steps that are good for both you and your baby.

Doctors recommend that you take a multivitamin with folic acid; get regular check –ups; avoid cigarette smoking, alcohol and other drugs;  and learn to reduce prematurity and SIDS.

After all, your child’s life depends on you.

For more information, talk to your doctor or call 1-800-FOR-BABY.

This message is brought to you by the North Carolina Healthy Start Foundation, the Old North State Medical Society and the NC Division of Public Health.