Search Results: MCH Organizations

Annotation: The National Organization of Mothers of Twins Clubs, Inc. (NOMOTC) is a support group for parents of twins and higher order multiples. It is a network of local clubs nationwide whose basic purposes are research and education. As such, NOMOTC’s focus is to support parents as they face the challenges or joys of raising multiple birth children. As a means of accomplishing that goal, NOMOTC has published support materials for mothers of multiples and continues to publish its news magazine, NOMOTC’s Notebook. NOMOTC provides specialized Support Services in the areas of Special Needs, Single Parenting, Higher Order Multiples, and Bereavement. NOMOTC also completes its own organizational research on selected issues, and maintains a bibliography of books related to parenting multiples. Selected materials are available in Spanish.

Keywords: Child health, Health education, Information services, Medical research, Multiple births, Parent groups, Twins

Annotation: Twin Services Consulting is a service provided by Patricia Malmstrom, founder and director of the former non-profit agency, Twin Services, Inc. (TSI). Twin Services Consulting (TSC) offers e-mail referral to national multiple birth resources and consultation regarding program development. Its Web site offers free parenting education materials about twin care and development.

Keywords: Child health, California, Childbirth, Educational materials, Multiple births, Pregnancy, Referrals, Support groups, Technical assistance, Training, Triplets, Twins

Annotation: The Twin to Twin Transfusion Syndrome Foundation is an international, nonprofit organization solely dedicated to saving babies afflicted with Twin to Twin Transfusion Syndrome (TTTS), improving their future health and care, and keeping them together the way twins are meant to be. The foundation provides educational, emotional, and financial support to families and caregivers before, during, and after pregnancies diagnosed with TTTS, and helps to further medical research into this disease and its related complications. Services are also provided to help families and caregivers with multiple birth loss deliveries and recoveries as well as multiple birth babies born with physical challenges. Participation in their international TTTS registry is encouraged and support and education is provided through parent packets, telephone contact, hospital and home visitation, parent to parent connections, a referral database, books and articles, assistance to authors, researchers and lawyers, conferences, workshops, public speaking and the Internet. Materials on the web site will be available in 12 languages including Spanish, French, Asian, Dutch and German.

Keywords: Fetofetal transfusion, Twins