X post from other forum...health fair ideas?

[MistyB]

Ideas please! If you were setting up a midwife/doula booth at health fair, what would you include?

If you have set one up before, what things did you have beyond brochures, business cards and candy?

If you were at a health or women's fair and saw a midwife/doula booth, anything that you can think of as being good to have aside from a brochure, business card, candy etc?

Any interesting decoration ideas that anyone has seen that they can share?

Please be very specific for my uncreative brain.

[Spark]

Well, what would draw me in were hard core benefits of using a midwife/doula posted prominantly...
Reduces Cecarean Birth by X% (cite study)
Spend less time in pain (cite study)
whatever else there is that I can't think of... go for the big stats though!

Also, would it be possible to go with a pretty fruit tray in addition to the candy? I just think midwifery care/doula care as not so in support of candy.

[norasmom]

I second the stats & some beautiful pregnant woman art (photograph or painting)

[mom2threenurslings]

A handout w/ statistics supporting midwifery/doula care.

Pregnancy/birth art - photographs, etc.

A selection of books that support midwifery care - or a book list to hand out.

An album with pictures of midwife / doula supported births (or just the parents and baby, whatever) and personal stories.

A poster (something larger than a 8x10 handout) citing statistics/pros of midwifery/doula care , a list of what services midwives offer, what services doulas offer, etc.

HTH!

[MistyB]

Thank you!!!