Family Health Department / Child Repro Sexual Health
(Manager, Sue Kocela)

November public/professional education activities include the following:            

1. Five 2-hour workshops:

1. Precious Cargo – What You Need to Know About Car Seat Safety: November 2, Windsor

2. Helping Infants & Children Sleep: November 8, Essex

3. Picky Eater – Feeding Kids Right: November 14, Leamington

4. Disciplining Your Preschooler: November 23, Essex

5. Living With Your Spirited Child: November 28, Windsor

3. Small workshops at Ontario Early Years Centres (city & county)

4. Three Prenatal series: (2 city, 1 county)

5. Weekly classes at Building Blocks For Better Babies (BBBB) in four locations (2 city & 2 county)

6. Four weekly Just For Moms & Babies Series (2 Windsor, 1 Amherstburg, and 1 Belle River)

7. Weekly breastfeeding clinic at Windsor WECHU

8. Participation in a health fair for lawyers, October 25.

Injury Prevention (ECD funding)
The Fall Poison Prevention media campaign continues until December using print and radio ads delivered via the following: Windsor Parent Magazine, Windsor Star, Water World, Gino Marcus Centre, Adie Knox Pool, CKLW radio, and CHYR radio.  “Hold, Follow, Watch: A New Look at Supervision” is the theme used in both fall prevention and poison prevention campaigns.

Family Abuse Prevention (ECD funding)
In collaboration with community partners, WECHU Family Violence Prevention Project resources are being distributed through a social service mail out and as an insert in the Windsor Parent Magazine.

Postpartum Mood Disorder Initiative (ECD funding)
The Postpartum Mood Disorder Workshop on October 17 (Place Concorde) was well received by 61 health care and social service providers.  Dr. Lori Ross from the Centre for Addiction & Mental Health was the keynote speaker.  On November 27 our PPMD community committee will meet with prenatal educators from Windsor and Essex County to share the prenatal education resource, which was developed in response to surveys and focus groups with parents and health care staff about what information expectant parents need to receive to help them make the transition to parenthood.

Obesity Prevention
Reading, Rhythm & Movement kits continue to be distributed to low-income clients via HBHC and to be accessed on loan from OEYC and libraries.  This month, physicians and nurse practitioners will receive a mail out offering pediatric BMI wheels and physician resource kits (developed in-house) to assist them in discussing healthy weights with their clients.

(Managers, Elizabeth Kinnaird-Iler and Shirley Davies)

The following statistics reflect the activities of the HBHC program for the 3rd quarter (July - September):

• # live births: 1179
• # prenatal screens received: 347 (29.9%)
• # prenatal screens with a score of > 13 that required follow-up by a PHN: 121 (34.9%)
• # families screened at birth: 1160
• # families contacted following baby’s birth: 1150 ( 99%)
• # families contacted within 48 hours postpartum: 1048 (91.1%)
•  # families who received a postpartum home visit: 546 (47%)
• # in-depth assessments completed: 75
• # families with a high risk rating who received home visiting during this period: 255

In addition to the above direct services provided to families, staff continues to work on development of program resources, orientation to electronic documentation, liaison with community agencies (Children’s Aid Society, Children First, area hospitals), and preceptorship of three 4^th year students from the School of Nursing at the University of Windsor. 

Family Health nurses (Healthy Babies Healthy Children and Child Health, Reproductive and Sexual Health) will be hosting and attending a professional development day on November 3^rd. Gwen Peterek, Perinatal Nurse Consultant from the Regional Perinatal Outreach Program of Southwestern Ontario will present the full day workshop.  The workshop will provide an update on maternal/child topics such as antenatal assessment, gestational hypertension, pre-term labour, group B streptococcus, diabetes in pregnancy, newborn assessment, and newborn jaundice.

Comprehensive School Health Department
(Manager, Vacant)

Report from a University of Windsor Student on CSH Placement

I am a fourth year nursing student currently finishing my final placement in the field of Community Health Nursing.  During this placement I have had the opportunity to work closely and collaboratively with members of the Comprehensive School Health Team and various community partners.  Under the supervision of my preceptor, Thelma Maxwell, I assist with and present Epi-pen in-services to principals, teachers, and their support staff throughout Windsor-Essex County.  I also work with a nutritionist and Health Action coordinator.  We are currently involved in a pilot project to disseminate heart health information to the Lebanese Christian Community.   It is my responsibility to assist her in the development of this exciting new outreach project through the planning of a focus group with this target population.  It has been a great pleasure to collaborate with everyone and I look forward to future opportunities.  Submitted by Suzanne MacKew, a fourth year university student.

Teaching Healthy Sexuality Workshop (Teachers)

November 23, 2006 from 4:00 to 6:30pm

In-Class Student Workshops re:  Healthy Sexuality

• in class grade 8 and grade 9

• only offered to those teachers who attended our Teach-the-Teacher in-service

• 25 elementary

• 7 high school

• teachers who have registered year after year will be turned away and priority will be given to those who have not received the workshops

• workshops facilitated by a nurse from the Health Unit, a Teen Health Centre health promoter, AIDS Committee of Windsor health promoter, and the Sexual Assault Crisis Centre social worker

Youth Action Alliance Tobacco Project- Sui Liang, Peer Leader

The Youth Action Alliance is a new program promoting non-smoking to youth.  The Health Unit has hired ten peer leaders between the ages of 14-18 from Windsor-Essex County.   So far, there have been three meetings in which the different smoking programs in Ontario and other smoking related information were discussed.  They are currently training to be peer leaders for non-smoking.  In the future, they will generate ideas for events and promotions to encourage smoke- free living.  We are hosting a reception on November 20, 2006 in our Boardroom at 4:30 p.m. and all Board members are welcome.

Youth and Steroids Project

The goal will be to increase awareness of anabolic steroids.  Although use is not significant, there was enough concern expressed during the Needs Assessment phase to move forward with the project.  Draft educational materials (posters and wallet card) have been developed and are being evaluated in focus groups by male secondary school youth in competitive team sports.  A spring implementation is planned.

Information Resources Department
(Manager, Vacant)

Website
There were 3,422 unique visitors to the Health Unit website and a total of 5,850 visits.  The Web Editorial Committee met this month with managers and formalized a process for approval of content on the web and selected a navigator friendly home page that is visually appealing.  It is in design stage; official launch is planned for early next year.

Communications Projects

• Steroid Use campaign – plan and design January 2007
• Feeding your baby resource – printing
• CSH brochure - printing
• Family Abuse Prevention – special Windsor Parent insert
• New parent resource guide – revisions and printing
• Kiss n' Ride – revisions and printing
• Eat Smart – revisions and printing
• Tykes on the move – Family Health physical activity initiative 111 page book
• HBHC pamphlet – quotes and printing
• Mother's new emotions – quotes and printing
• Punishment pamphlet – quotes and printing
• Neglect campaign – revisions and illustrations
• RUCS – printing
• Booster Seat – design and printing
• Aggressive Driving – logos and printing
• Physician display
• Creative fundraising – revisions
• YAA – planning and design
• Discipline booklet – printing
• HBHC promotional items and HBHC certificates – quotes
• Women Abuse – additional printing
• FH Labour and Delivery –
• Alcohol and Chronic Disease –
• Lawyer display
• Evaluation Support
• Healthy Weights - ongoing
• RRFSS – almost complete – consider modules for Smoke-free, Cessation and Health info plus one for the web
• Physician Outreach – report to be reviewed
• Workplace Wellness Program
• Steroid Use Project
• Sexual Health teacher resource binder 

Nurse Practitioner Program

The Ontario PHRED Program has completed the evaluation of the Prenatal and Postnatal Nurse Practitioner Services and has forwarded a final report to the Ministry of Children and Youth Services for review.  Once the Ministry approves the release of the report, it will be available for distribution to program and community partners.  This report will be of value as the Ministry and sites plan for ongoing services. 

Respectfully submitted,

Liz Haugh, Director