Accreta Awareness Month
Campaign Toolkit
WHAT IS IT?
October is Accreta Awareness Month (AAM) and focuses attention on placenta accreta, one of the fastest growing life-threatening complications of pregnancy.
Accreta Awareness Month encourages patients, survivors, medical professionals and public health advocates to spread the word about increased rates and risk factors associated with placenta accreta, including cesarean overuse.
Use these campaign materials to help you celebrate Accreta Awareness Month with your family and friends, at your hospital, within your community, and more. Download the social media toolkit full of images below and post them to your social media accounts with a call to action. Don’t stop there - check out the list of things you can do to spread the word about AAM.
Key Messages
Placenta accreta is a pregnancy condition in which the placenta attaches too deeply into the wall of the uterus.
Placenta accreta puts the mother at risk of severe blood loss, preterm birth, hysterectomy, and other complications.
Due mostly to increased cesarean rates, the estimated incidence of accreta has drastically increased since the 1980s and affects as many as 1 in 272 births.
The risk for developing placenta accreta increases with each c-section or uterine surgery.
Additional risk factors for developing placenta accreta include the presence of placenta previa, advanced maternal age, multiparity, and curettage.
As many as 90% of patients with placenta accreta require blood transfusion, and 40% require more than 10 units of packed red blood cells.
Join Step Up for Accreta - our virtual Step Challenge & fundraiser
Register to be part of our biggest event of the year! Set up a fundraiser to help raise awareness by joining our step challenge during the week and sharing photos on social media. Fun prizes for top fundraisers! Or donate to a 5K fundraiser and support our cause.
New year, new fundraising gifts:
Social Media Toolkits
The social media toolkits include pre-made sample AAM social media posts, like the ones seen below. The toolkits include images that are tailored for each platform and ready to upload to your Facebook, Instagram and Twitter account. Be sure to tag National Accreta Foundation on your posts and use our campaign hashtags: #AccretaAwareness and #1in272
Zoom background
Spread #AccretaAwareness everywhere you virtually go by using our accreta awareness month Zoom backdrop, click on the image to download in proper resolution.
Profile Photo Frames
Click to download and add your own photo to an #AccretaAwareness profile photo frame. You can use a photo editing tool to layer or combine our .png frame image over a photo of yourself. There are survivor and support frames for friends and family, as well as a generic #AccretaAwareness design, encourage your network to help join the cause!
Accreta Awareness Kit
Get involved locally at your hospital. Sponsor and order an accreta awareness kit of NAF rack cards, buttons and lip balms to send to your hospital. We can send directly to your hospital or to you so you can hand deliver, either way the kit will include a letter crediting you for making it happen.
This accreta awareness kit includes 30 rack cards with educational information about placenta accreta and National Accreta Foundation (NAF), 5 NAF buttons, 3 NAF lip balms and a letter from NAF. This kit may be sent directly to you for your own use or to a hospital of your choice - please indicate the doctor, practice and/or hospital when checking out. Sending a kit to your hospital is a great way to bring more awareness to accreta within the provider community as well as providing them with resources to educate patients and direct them to NAF resources. Sponsored kits include a letter crediting you for making it happen. Yours free with a donation of $45.00.
Free Printables:
*Strong as a mother* accreta cards
Check out our “Strong As A Mother” accreta cards. They help raise awareness of placenta accreta and encourage recipients to act, perfect to hand out at blood drives and talks!
Checkout for free using promo code PRINT
Looking for something accreta related to hand out at a blood drive or fundraiser? These “Strong As A Mother” accreta cards help raise awareness of placenta accreta and encourage recipients to act. Download and print these cards double-sided.
We recommend using an online printer such as Canva. Create a 4.25" x 5.5" postcard and upload these files. Then order the postcards on premium paper with a matte finish to be delivered to your door.
Placenta Accreta Patient Cards
Download and print these cards (4 cards to a page) to give to patients to point them to resources and content of value to help navigate their accreta experience.
Checkout for free using promo code PRINT
We’ve updated our PAS patient cards to be business card sized for easy printing. Download the design file for free using promo code above and print with the printer of your choice. Then give to your patients to point them to resources and content of value to help navigate their accreta experience. We also now offer this design in Spanish language version as well - download both files and have it printed dual sided to serve both your English and Spanish speaking patients.
Accreta Awareness SHIRTS
Buy a shirt in our gear center and wear it proudly. Take a selfie wearing your gear and tell the world how you’re #AccretaStrong. We are offering a large variety of styles and sizes now, so snag yours today!
Our limited edition soft hooded sweatshirt is in signature NAF green with matching drawstrings and features the NAF belly logo in white embroidery. This high quality addition to our gear center is the perfect way to raise awareness in style. Sizing is unisex, for ladies sizing consider ordering a size down. Get them while they’re still available!
These premium ladies cut NAF green shirts are relaxed in style and run true to size if not slightly large. Yours free with a donation of $30.00.
Our “Strong As A Mother” dual-sided tote bag is available as a gift for all Accreta Awareness Month fundraisers in October that raise $300 - or - as a gift with a $57 donation. The tote is a 10 oz. natural cotton tote bag, dimensions are 13-1/2" x 21-3/4" x 7". It features gusseted sides, a coordinating gray zipper closure and 27" carrying handles extend from the top to the bottom. Yours free with a donation of $57.00.
These NAF green baby onesies are made of 4.5-oz, 100% combed ringspun cotton for added softness. The jersey fabric with rib-knit binding with built-in stretch provide added comfort. Flat-lock seams and double-needle stitching throughout provide added durability. Yours free with a donation of $26.00.
SALE FOR LIMITED SIZES AVAILABLE
Note that this item is on sale as an Add-on Item and requires another eligible item to be included in cart at checkout to meet donation gift minimum level of $25.
100% preshrunk cotton classic shirt features a slim fit, side seams, lightweight fabric, and shoulder-to-shoulder tape for the best drape. Sizing is true to size.
SALE FOR REMAINING SIZES
Classic 100% cotton toddler and youth tees feature short sleeves, a rib-knit crewneck and side seams.
Our NAF green belt bag with metal belly logo charm has an adjustable strap and a strong and reliable buckle. It can be easily customized to different lengths to be carried as shoulder bag, waist pack, hip bag, or chest bag. It is made out of a durable and lightweight nylon fabric with 2-way zip closure for easy access, and measures 7.5” L x 5” H x 2” W with plenty of room for your essentials.
For free shipping, checkout your $100 or more order with promo code FREESHIP
This 100% cotton infant onesie features an envelope neck and reinforced double-needle stitching, complete with snap leg closures.
THANK YOU for your help to make this the best #AccretaAwareness month ever.
We couldn’t do it without you
National Accreta Foundation is a volunteer staffed and donation funded 501(c)(3) non-profit organization dedicated to placenta accreta advocacy. If you find our content of value, please consider making a tax-deductible donation to help us continue this work.