| JENNIFER S. JOSEPH (Jennie) |
1130 E. PLANT ST. WINTER GARDEN, FL 34787 | (407)-656-6938 jennie@jenniejoseph.com |
Education, background and training
| 9/76 - 6/78 | Nursery Nurse | National Nursery Examination Board UK Associate Degree - Harrow College of Technology and Art, London, England |
| 2/79 -5 /81 | Registered Midwife | Central Midwives Board, UK. Midwifery Certification - Barnett College of Nursing and Midwifery (formerly Edgware General Hospital), London, England. |
| 4/94 - present | Licensed Midwife - MW0000053 | State of Florida, Department of Health |
| 8/02 - present | Certified Professional Midwife - 9908009 | North American Registry of Midwives |
Experience
| 6/03 - present | Owner and Clinical Director | The Birth Place Birthing Center: a full-service midwifery clinic, birth and waterbirth center. |
| 1/04 - 1/05 | Radio Show Host | "The Well Woman" Show. WTLN 950 AM |
| 8/95 - 6/03 | The Birth Place | Homebirth Practice, Central Florida area |
| 4/02 - 6/03 | Orange County Healthy Start Coalition | Outreach Coordinator |
| 4/02 - present | Expert Witness | Various law firms |
| 4/02 - present | Expert Witness | State of Florida, Department of Health |
| 11/98 - 2/00 | Academic/Clinical Director (Midwifery Program) | School of Complementary Medicine, Orlando, Fl. |
| 1/98 - 2/00 | Instructor in Midwifery | School of Complementary Medicine, Oviedo, Fl |
| 1/98 - present | Executive Director | Commonsense Childbirth Inc. a Florida non-profit corporation dedicated to providing prenatal, birth and postpartum services to indigent teens and women who might otherwise not receive care. Currently serving clients from Orlando inner-city zip codes 32805, 32808. |
| 5/95 - present | Owner and Director | Jennie Joseph Family Services, offering comprehensive midwifery and childbirth services at home and birth center. |
| 5/95 - 1/97 | Director of Education (Midwifery Program) | School of Complementary Medicine (formerly Florida Institute of Acupuncture and Midwifery) Oviedo, Fl. |
| 8/95 - 6/96 | Midwife (part-time) | Orlando Birthing Center, Orlando, Fl. |
| 5/94-7/95 | Midwife | Labor of Love Childbirth Center, Lakeland, Fl. |
| 1990 - present | Founder | Hand-In-Hand Women and Family Support Services. Childbirth educator and Doula, private, group and volunteer childbirth education, breast feeding counseling and labor support service. |
| 10/91 - 5/94 | Birth Assistant | to midwives in the central Florida area birthing centers: Labor of Love Childbirth Center, Lakeland Florida Birthing Cottage of Winter Park, Florida Family Birth Center, Longwood, Florida Conscious Care Home Birth Services, Altamonte Springs, Florida |
| 2/93 - 12/93 | Health Educator | March of Dimes "Sisters/Companeras" Program. |
| 9/92 - 2/93 | Outreach Coordinator | 4P Program (Perfect Pregnancy, Proud Parent), designed and implemented this March of Dimes grant funded program |
| 3/92 - 9/92 | Educational Coordinator | Orlando Birthing Center, Orlando |
| 12/91 - 9/92 | Volunteer | Childbirth Educator and Peer Labor Companion Training at B.E.T.A (Birth Education Training and Acceptance). |
| 3/91 - 6/92 | Assistant Director | Florida Black Women's Health Organizations, Winter Park, Fl |
| 10/90 - 4/92 | Coordinator | Central Florida Friends of Midwives, Orlando, Florida. |
| 5/84 - 5/89 | Agency Midwife | Various hospitals in and around central London, England on postpartum, nursery and antenatal wards. |
| 5/82 - 1/84 | Community Midwife | Edgware General Hospital, Middlesex, England |
Program Design
| The JJ Way™ 2003 | Designed and developed this unique MCH model of care which address the difficulties and inequities in health care service and delivery which have negatively impacted perinatal health outcomes, especially for minorities. The model consists of clinical, outreach and training components and is currently being evaluated as a 'best practice'. |
Author/speaker
| Book | Beautiful! Images of Health, Joy and Vitality in Pregnancy and Birth – a photo journal depicting the impact of the JJ Way™ MCH model on positive pregnancy outcomes. (Published 2007) |
| Articles | Assorted media – publications of original work in newspapers, magazines, online journals and websites since 2004 |
| Web Sites | JennieJoseph.com TheBirthPlace.org CommonsenseChildbirth.org NubianHealthNetwork.org Myspace.com/thejjway |
| Conferences | Midwifery Today – Orlando 1998, Bahamas 2005 International Center for Traditional Childbearing (ICTC) Black Midwives and Healers Conference Portland 2003, Atlanta 2005 Nubian Health Network Presents: ‘Bringin’ In Da Spirit’ – Orlando 2005 Nubian Health Network: ‘Our Black Babies are Dying’ – Orlando 2006 State of Florida Office of Minority Health / Governors' Women's Health Conference – Tampa 2007 Midwives Alliance of North America (MANA) – Clearwater 2007 Coalition for the Improvement of Maternity Services (CIMS) – Kissimmee 2008 |
| Presentations | Speaking for schools, agencies and churches, workshops, health fairs and in-service training. |
Awards
- Black History Committee of Orange County – Humanitarian Award nominee 2006
- Morgan Ministries – Visionary Award winner 2006
- Women's Resource Center - Summit Award winner 2007
- Onyx Magazine – Onyx Award nominee 2008
Affiliations
- Past- Chair - Florida Department of Health, Council of Licensed Midwifery, (COLM)
- Past- Education Committee Chair - Florida Department of Health, COLM
- Board Member - Orange County Healthy Start Coalition
- Coalition Member - Healthy Start Coalition, Orlando, Florida
- International Center For Traditional Childbearing (ICTC) - Florida Representive
- Midwives Association of Florida - member
- African American Breast Feeding Alliance (AABA) – Florida Chapter
- Florida Alliance of Birth Centers - member
- American Association of Birth Centers (AABC) - member
References
| Name | Address | Contact # |
|---|---|---|
| Stephen Carlan MD FACOG | Director of Maternal-Fetal Medicine Department of OB/GYN Arnold Palmer Hospital, Orlando, Fl 32806 | 407-841-5111 x 6693 |
| Dr. Jeffrey Koren | Total Women's Health Care 855 Sedalia St. Suite 100 Ocoee, Fl. 34761 | 407-294-2994 |
| Dr. Eric Moore | 1800 Mercy Drive, Suite 104 Orlando, Fl. 32808 | 407-523-3523 |
| Linda Sutherland (Executive Director) | Orange County Healthy Start 600 Courtland St., Suite 565 Orlando, Fl 32804 | 407-741-5240 |
| Char-Lynn Daughtry | Labor of Love Birth Center 1525 Edgewater Beach Drive Lakeland, Florida 33805 | 863-680-2229 |
| Pamela King | Executive Director Dept. of Health / Council of Licensed Midwifery 4052 Bald Cypress Way BIN #C06 Tallahassee, Fl. 32399-3256 | 850 245 4162 |
| Erica Joslyn, RGN ADM, M.Sc. PhD | Deputy head of School of Health and Social Work Suffolk College Rope Walk, Ipswich, IP4 ILT, England |
