Maternal Child Health

Public Health Nurses provide programming to assure quality health services are delivered to mothers, children, and families in Washburn County.

Maternal Child Health Priorities:

Increasing healthy birth outcomes
Promoting and assuring comprehensive primary care for children ages birth to 21, including children with special health care needs.
Promoting healthy lifestyles among school-age youth, ages 6-21, including children with special health care needs.
Pre-conception counseling, pregnancy-testing, and reproductive health services.

Safe Sleep Education - Back to sleep program. Presentations to the community.

Newborn Mailing Program - Education packets containing materials on immunization, infant safety, birth spacing and other public health programs are sent to every home of a newborn.

Web Resources:

Safe Kids Wisconsin: www.safekidswi.org
Maternal Child Health Hotline: 1-800-642-7837 or https://wellbadger.org/
American Academy of Pediatrics: www.aap.org
American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists: www.acog.org
US Department of Health and Human Services: www.healthfinder.gov
March of Dimes: www.modimes.org
Child Development Institute: www.childdevelopmentinfo.com/
Maternal and Child Health Bureau: http://mchb.hrsa.gov
WIC: www.fns.usda.gov/wic
Poison Control Hotline: 1-800-222-1222 or www.poison.org/actFast/1800.asp

Car Seat Safety: https://childrenswi.org/childrens-and-the-community/families-and-clients/safety-center/car-seat-safety

ATV Safety: https://atvsafety.org/one-size-doesnt-fit-all/

Poison control: https://www.wisconsinpoison.org/

Safe Sleep: https://childrenswi.org/newshub/stories/safe-sleep-tips

Maternal Child Health

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Washburn County Health Department