Greetings Valued Customer,

Vida's Fall Health Update

In This Issue:

A Message from Allie Humenuk, Vida's Executive Producer
All Babies Cry: Share your "calming a crying baby" tips!
Workplace Violence Training for Nurses
Vida's Research Services
Project Progress Report

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How to Calm a Crying Baby:

Share your funny/inventive calming a crying baby stories!

Your story will help Vida to craft tips for

our All Babies Cry Intervention.

To share your story or get some great

"calming" tips visit:

www.cryingbabystories.com

Next on the Childbirth Media Center...

Vote now for your favorite Vida program!

The program with the most votes will
be the next program featured on Vida's Childbirth Media Center YouTube Channel!

Vote Here

Online Childbirth Education

The childbirth education industry is rapidly

changing. Due to increased demand Vida

will be re-purposing the leading Hello

Family Series and updating information to

create a new Online Childbirth Education

Suite!

Vida is currently hard at work adding

modules to the Online Childbirth

Education Suite. Topics include labor and

delivery, having a healthy pregnancy,

breastfeeding, and infant care and safety.

Upon completion of this e-learning course

Vida will host the Childbirth Education

Suite on its servers and offer a variety of

pricing models to meet the needs of our

broad customer base including a revenue

sharing plan for independent birth

educators.

For more information or to be added to our

waiting list sign up here or contact:

Aimee.Arvan@vida-health.com

Keep up with the latest

Vida News!

Follow Vida on twitter @VidaHealth

Subscribe to Vida's YouTube Channel!

Become a Vida fan on facebook!

Subscribe to Vida's Childbirth Media Center on YouTube!

Subscribe for Vida Blog Updates!

Executive Producer

For over 12 years I have been with Vida Health Communications. As Executive Producer I oversee the entire production process. I produce, film and edit all of Vida’s media projects. Usually I work with a draft of a script and look for subjects and locations. I pre-interview people who might fit the feel and tone of the project. From there I organize the details of the shoot – where, when, with whom. So much of making a film is in the details and being able to tie them all together. There are not many people who can wear the hat of Director, Producer, videographer and editor. I am able to bring a continuity to projects that is rare.

Previously, I was an instructor of film and video at Harvard University. Having taught film for over ten years has helped me to understand education both from the point of view of the teacher and the maker of media meant to be used by instructors. Understanding these different points of view helps me to better manage each project.

Vida’s work is unique, as is its clientele. Each project takes us into another world, whether it be into NICUs or Labor and Delivery rooms, museums or into the homes of families who support our mission and allow us to film their lives. Over the years we have grown sensitive to the different requirements of the institutions in which we film. I always welcome the challenge of working with new clients from hospitals to publishers to non-profits.

To review Vida's Media services please visit www.vida-health.com/media-services

Allie Humenuk is an award-winning and Emmy-nominated filmmaker and cinematographer

whose work has been viewed nationally and internationally at museums, film festivals and

on television. Allie recently completed "Shadow of the House-Photographer Abelardo Morell,"

a feature length documentary that is playing in festivals, and museums around the world.

All Babies Cry: Share your tips for calming a crying baby!

Vida is currently working on a project entitled All Babies Cry. This media program is dedicated

to normalizing infant crying and parental stress associated with crying. The media package will include a short DVD to be shown to parents of newborns in hospital prior to discharge and a longer DVD and pamphlet to be given to parents to take home.

The program prototype is now in development. We have been gathering information from

parents through focus groups and one-on-one interviews. We are trying to understand how they cope with infant crying and what information would be most helpful for them to know about

infant crying. We are focusing on acquiring information from fathers as less research and media concentrates on understanding fathers’ knowledge and perceptions about crying babies.

In addition to these informative conversations, we have created a website where parents, doctors, caretakers, friends and family can share funny, inventive and safe "calming a crying baby stories." We hope to continue to learn more tips through this website to share with new parents. Share your story/tips at www.cryingbabystories.com!

If you are interested in learning more about this project, please contact Aimee Arvan at Aimee.Arvan@vida-health.com.

Workplace Violence Training for Nurses

Phase II funding has been awarded to the Workplace Violence Training for Nurses project! Vida is producing an e-learning program that will help nurses identify workplace violence and abuse and learn effective strategies for prevention and response.

The e-learning program will consist of 5 stand-alone chapters that will focus on the roots and manifestations of workplace violence, consequences, risk assessment and prevention, crisis intervention and legalities.

Each chapter will include video case studies, interviews with experts, behavior modeling and self-administered tests to track acquisition of essential knowledge, attitudes, and skills.

For more information, please visit www.vida-health.com/research

Vida's Research Services

In Vida's Summer Health Update Allison Morrill, Director of Research and Evaluation, discussed how research and evaluation are critical components of Vida's work, and help to

refine and distinguish our products.

As experienced NIH-funded researchers with numerous grant awards we are excited to

announce the launch of Vida's new Research Services website. This website lists current research offerings, highlights past experience and provides access to case studies.

For more information about Vida's Research Services click here

Project Progress Report

Managing Environmental Risks in Pregnancy: The parent program is complete and is being pilot tested as part of a workshop on environmental health risks in pregnancy!

All Babies Cry: The program prototype is now in development.

For information on all current projects, please visit: www.vida-health.com/research

Vida Health Communications, Inc. is dedicated to improving the health of women, children and families through the production of evidence-based educational media for caregivers and patients. Vida's programs integrate and 'translate' the latest scientific knowledge and advances in health-care with consistently innovative approaches to visual and interactive media. Much of Vida's research and program development is done with support from the National Institutes of Health. Vida has received well over 100 awards for its programs.

For more information please visit: www.vida-health.com


Greetings Valued Customer,
Vida's Fall Health Update In This Issue: A Message from Allie Humenuk, Vida's Executive Producer All Babies Cry: Share your "calming a crying baby" tips! Workplace Violence Training for Nurses Vida's Research Services Project Progress Report Forward this message to a friend How to Calm a Crying Baby: Share your funny/inventive calming a crying baby stories! Your story will help Vida to craft tips for our All Babies Cry Intervention. To share your story or get some great "calming" tips visit: www.cryingbabystories.com Next on the Childbirth Media Center... Vote now for your favorite Vida program! The program with the most votes will be the next program featured on Vida's Childbirth Media Center YouTube Channel! Vote Here Online Childbirth Education The childbirth education industry is rapidly changing. Due to increased demand Vida will be re-purposing the leading Hello Family Series and updating information to create a new Online Childbirth Education Suite! Vida is currently hard at work adding modules to the Online Childbirth Education Suite. Topics include labor and delivery, having a healthy pregnancy, breastfeeding, and infant care and safety. Upon completion of this e-learning course Vida will host the Childbirth Education Suite on its servers and offer a variety of pricing models to meet the needs of our broad customer base including a revenue sharing plan for independent birth educators. For more information or to be added to our waiting list sign up here or contact: Aimee.Arvan@vida-health.com Keep up with the latest Vida News! Follow Vida on twitter @VidaHealth Subscribe to Vida's YouTube Channel! Become a Vida fan on facebook! Subscribe to Vida's Childbirth Media Center on YouTube! Subscribe for Vida Blog Updates!	Executive Producer For over 12 years I have been with Vida Health Communications. As Executive Producer I oversee the entire production process. I produce, film and edit all of Vida’s media projects. Usually I work with a draft of a script and look for subjects and locations. I pre-interview people who might fit the feel and tone of the project. From there I organize the details of the shoot – where, when, with whom. So much of making a film is in the details and being able to tie them all together. There are not many people who can wear the hat of Director, Producer, videographer and editor. I am able to bring a continuity to projects that is rare. Previously, I was an instructor of film and video at Harvard University. Having taught film for over ten years has helped me to understand education both from the point of view of the teacher and the maker of media meant to be used by instructors. Understanding these different points of view helps me to better manage each project. Vida’s work is unique, as is its clientele. Each project takes us into another world, whether it be into NICUs or Labor and Delivery rooms, museums or into the homes of families who support our mission and allow us to film their lives. Over the years we have grown sensitive to the different requirements of the institutions in which we film. I always welcome the challenge of working with new clients from hospitals to publishers to non-profits. To review Vida's Media services please visit www.vida-health.com/media-services Allie Humenuk is an award-winning and Emmy-nominated filmmaker and cinematographer whose work has been viewed nationally and internationally at museums, film festivals and on television. Allie recently completed "Shadow of the House-Photographer Abelardo Morell," a feature length documentary that is playing in festivals, and museums around the world. All Babies Cry: Share your tips for calming a crying baby! Vida is currently working on a project entitled All Babies Cry. This media program is dedicated to normalizing infant crying and parental stress associated with crying. The media package will include a short DVD to be shown to parents of newborns in hospital prior to discharge and a longer DVD and pamphlet to be given to parents to take home. The program prototype is now in development. We have been gathering information from parents through focus groups and one-on-one interviews. We are trying to understand how they cope with infant crying and what information would be most helpful for them to know about infant crying. We are focusing on acquiring information from fathers as less research and media concentrates on understanding fathers’ knowledge and perceptions about crying babies. In addition to these informative conversations, we have created a website where parents, doctors, caretakers, friends and family can share funny, inventive and safe "calming a crying baby stories." We hope to continue to learn more tips through this website to share with new parents. Share your story/tips at www.cryingbabystories.com! If you are interested in learning more about this project, please contact Aimee Arvan at Aimee.Arvan@vida-health.com. Workplace Violence Training for Nurses Phase II funding has been awarded to the Workplace Violence Training for Nurses project! Vida is producing an e-learning program that will help nurses identify workplace violence and abuse and learn effective strategies for prevention and response. The e-learning program will consist of 5 stand-alone chapters that will focus on the roots and manifestations of workplace violence, consequences, risk assessment and prevention, crisis intervention and legalities. Each chapter will include video case studies, interviews with experts, behavior modeling and self-administered tests to track acquisition of essential knowledge, attitudes, and skills. For more information, please visit www.vida-health.com/research Vida's Research Services In Vida's Summer Health Update Allison Morrill, Director of Research and Evaluation, discussed how research and evaluation are critical components of Vida's work, and help to refine and distinguish our products. As experienced NIH-funded researchers with numerous grant awards we are excited to announce the launch of Vida's new Research Services website. This website lists current research offerings, highlights past experience and provides access to case studies. For more information about Vida's Research Services click here Project Progress Report Managing Environmental Risks in Pregnancy: The parent program is complete and is being pilot tested as part of a workshop on environmental health risks in pregnancy! All Babies Cry: The program prototype is now in development. For information on all current projects, please visit: www.vida-health.com/research Vida Health Communications, Inc. is dedicated to improving the health of women, children and families through the production of evidence-based educational media for caregivers and patients. Vida's programs integrate and 'translate' the latest scientific knowledge and advances in health-care with consistently innovative approaches to visual and interactive media. Much of Vida's research and program development is done with support from the National Institutes of Health. Vida has received well over 100 awards for its programs.
For more information please visit: www.vida-health.com