July 2021

HEATSTROKE PREVENTION Sometimes babies are so peaceful and quiet in the backseat that caregivers can forget they are even in the car, and it can be tempting for a caregiver to leave a sleeping baby in the car so they don’t have to wake them up while they quickly run into the store. But leaving a child alone in a car can lead to serious injury or death from heatstroke, even in cooler temperatures. Here’s some helpful information and tips we can share with our Healthy Start participants about heatstroke prevention for kids. Hard Facts about Heatstroke On average, every 10 days a child dies from heatstroke in a vehicle. In more than half of these deaths, the caregiver forgot the child was in the car. A car can heat up 19 degrees in just 10 minutes. And cracking a window doesn’t help. Young children are particularly at risk, as their bodies heat up three to five times faster than an adult’s. Top Tips for Preventing Heatstroke Reduce the number of deaths from heatstroke by remembering to ACT. Avoid heatstroke-related injury and death by never leaving a child alone in a car, not even for a minute. And make sure to keep your car locked when you’re not inside so kids don’t get in on their own.   Create reminders. Keep a stuffed animal or other memento in your child’s car seat when it’s empty, and move it to the front seat as a visual reminder when your child is in the back seat. Or place and secure your phone, briefcase or purse in the backseat when traveling with your child.  Take action. If you see a child alone in a car, call 911. Emergency personnel want you to call. They are trained to respond to these situations Teach Kids Not to Play in Cars Caregivers should make sure their vehicles are locked, including the doors and trunk, when they are not in use. Keep keys and remote entry fobs out of a child's sight and reach. Caregivers should teach kids that trunks are for transporting cargo and are not safe places to play. If a child is missing, caregivers should get help and check swimming pools, vehicles and trunks. If children are locked in a car, caregivers should get them out as quickly as possible and dial 911 immediately. Emergency personnel are trained to evaluate and check for signs of heatstroke. For a tip sheet to share with your participants, please click here. Source: www.safekids.org FROM THE DIRECTOR Greetings, As we enter the new contract year, please join me in recognizing our 2021-2022 Officers. Past President - Lesha Buchbinder President - Dana Selfridge Vice President - Joelle Aboytes Treasurer - Sandra Woodard Secretary - Esmeralda Batiz Also, thank you to our Board Directors who were reelected to serve another term. Just a friendly reminder to please be sure you update your schedules with our new meeting dates for the 2021-2022 contract year. I hope you have a wonderful Summer! Best,   Julie Moderie, MPH Program Director UPCOMING MEETINGS CHS CI&R Home Visiting Advisory Committee Meeting Fri., July 16th @ 9:00 AM Combined Healthy Start Home Visitors Meeting Wed., July 21st @ 10:00 AM CHS Service Provider Advisory Council Meeting Thurs., August 5th @ 10:00 AM CHS Executive Committee Meeting Thurs., August 5th @ 1:00 PM CHS Board of Directors Meeting Thurs., Sept. 2nd @ 1:00 PM COALITION SCREENING RATES July 2020 - April 2021 Prenatal (Goal = 70%) Citrus County - 74% Hernando County - 55% Lake County - 68% Sumter County - 58% Coalition - 65% State - 62% Infant (Goal = 85%) Citrus Memorial - 100% Bayfront Seven Rivers - 77% Bayfront Spring Hill - 100% Oak Hill Hospital - 100% Advent Health Waterman - 100% UF Health Leesburg - 100% South Lake Hospital - 82% Community Birth & Wellness Ctr - 100% Coalition - 94% State - 95%

AUGUST IS NATIONAL BREASTFEEDING MONTH

August is National Breastfeeding Awareness Month, a time to promote the importance of breastfeeding. Breastfeeding is an important service provided by our program. We are fortunate to have Certified Lactation Consultants in many of our counties to help our participants on their breastfeeding journeys. The theme for National Breastfeeding Month in 2021 is "Every Step of the Way." The following is a list of the August 2021 Weekly Observances: Week 1: World Breastfeeding Week (WBW) Theme: Protect Breastfeeding: A Shared Responsibility Week 2: Native Breastfeeding Week Theme: Nourishing Our Futures Week 3: Asian American Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Week Theme: Reclaiming Our Traditions Week 4: Black Breastfeeding Week World Breastfeeding Week will focus on how breastfeeding contributes to the survival, health and wellbeing of all, and the imperative to protect breastfeeding worldwide. The theme highlights the links between breastfeeding and survival, health and wellbeing of women, children and nations. Source: http://www.usbreastfeeding.org/nbm

CHILD PASSENGER SAFETY AWARENESS WEEK IN SEPTEMBER

When it comes to child safety, it is better to be safe than sorry. Child Passenger Safety Awareness Week highlights the importance of ensuring that all children are properly secured in an appropriate car seat or seatbelt. A child’s age, weight, and height can all play a factor when determining proper safety harnesses, so it’s important to keep up-to-date with all current regulations and suggestions. September 19-25 is dedicated to all things related to child passenger safety. Know the Stages Make sure children are properly buckled in a car seat, booster seat, or seat belt— whichever is appropriate for their weight, height, and age. Rear-facing car seat: Birth until age 2-4. For the best possible protection, infants and toddlers should be buckled in a rear-facing car seat in the back seat until they reach the upper weight or height limits of their seat. Check the seat owner’s manual and labels on the seat for weight and height limits. Forward-facing car seat: After outgrowing rear-facing seat and until at least age 5. When children outgrow their rear-facing seats, they should be buckled in a forward-facing car seat in the back seat until they reach the upper weight or height limit of their seat. Check the seat owner’s manual and labels on the seat for weight and height limits. Booster seat: After outgrowing forward-facing seat and until seat belts fit properly. Once children outgrow their forward-facing seat, they should be buckled in a belt-positioning booster seat until seat belts fit properly. Seat belts fit properly when the lap belt lays across the upper thighs (not the stomach) and the shoulder belt lays across the chest (not the neck). Proper seat belt fit usually occurs when children are about 4 feet 9 inches tall and 9-12 years old. Seat belt: Once seat belts fit properly without a booster seat. Children no longer need to use a booster seat once seat belts fit them properly. Seat belts fit properly when the lap belt lays across the upper thighs (not the stomach) and the shoulder belt lays across the chest (not the neck). Proper seat belt fit usually occurs when children are about 4 feet 9 inches tall and 9-12 years old. For the best possible protection, keep children properly buckled in the back seat. Install and use car seats & booster seats properly. Install and use car seats and booster seats according to the seat owner’s manual, or get help installing them from a certified Child Passenger Safety Technician. Find a child passenger safety technician Seat children in the back seat. Properly buckle all children aged 12 and under in the back seat. Don’t seat children in front of an airbag. Airbags can kill young children riding in the front seat. Never place a rear-facing car seat in front of an air bag. Seat children in the middle of the back seat. Properly buckle children in the middle of the back seat when possible, because it is the safest spot in the vehicle. Use proper restraints on every trip. Buckle children in car seats, booster seats, or seat belts on every trip, no matter how short the trip is. Parents and caregivers: Always wear a seat belt. Set a good example by always using a seat belt yourself. *Car seat use reduces the risk for injury in a crash by 71-82% for children, when compared with seat belt use alone. Sources: https://www.cdc.gov/transportationsafety/child_passenger_safety/cps-factsheet.html; https://nationaltoday.com/child-passenger-safety-awareness-week/

COALITION UPDATES

Board Membership Please contact Heather Hollingsworth if you have someone interested in becoming a Board Director. We are currently looking for representation from all three categories: community; advocacy and consumer. CHS is on AmazonSmile Don't forget to shop using AmazonSmile! With every purchase made using the following link, Amazon will make a donation to Central Healthy Start at no additional cost to you. How cool is that? Go ahead and get your "shop" on! https://smile.amazon.com/ch/59-3118984. Upcoming Events Lake County is hosting their World's Greatest Baby Shower on Friday, September 10, 2021. The event will be held via drive-thru at the Lake Square mall in Leesburg, Florida. Participants can choose to participate at 1:00 PM until 2:00 PM or 6:00 PM until 7:00 PM. A virtual presentation will take place on Friday, September 17, 2021 at 10:00 AM via zoom.

July Anniversary Brittany Weber, Connect Representative, Connect (7/20/2018) - 3 Years August Anniversaries Christina Wegner, CI&R Manager, Connect (8/8/2017) - 4 Years Dorisbel Bichara, QA Specialist, Healthy Start (8/21/2017) - 4 Years September Anniversaries Blaire Cope, Community Relations Specialist, Central Healthy Start (9/8/2009) - 12 Years Olga Garcia, MCH Quality Management Coordinator, CI&R (9/1/2011) - 10 Years Samantha Hoskins, Connect Representative, Connect (9/10/201) - 3 Years Tara Espada, Connect Representative, Connect (9/14/2020) - 1 year Happy Work Anniversary to all those who are celebrating this quarter! Congrats to Blaire and Olga - they are in the double digits!

A Baby Shower Success Story

The following message is from a baby shower winner who was extremely appreciative of the event. We are happy to report that Tiffany recently gave birth to a sweet baby boy! What?!?! This is the coolest thing ever. Thank you all so much for putting together such an awesome event. This is my first at 35 and going my whole life thinking I would never get to experience any of this, and today I get to say I'm a winner of getting to have a baby boy and at one of the coolest baby showers ever! I feel so blessed that even during a pandemic that our community was able to put together such amazing bags with cool stuff and put it on for the women in our county. It means so much to me because I unfortunately do not have a lot of friends or family so this is my baby shower experience. Thank you for making it one for the memories! Thank you to all the sponsors as well for everything you do everyday. Hope you all are able to continue to bless the women in this county. You all are truly amazing. Tiffany Oram

Please help us welcome our newest team members!

Connect Jessica Gutter, Connect Representative Udline Ariol, Connect Representative Tara Espada has been promoted from Connect Representative to Connect Manager. Please join us in congratulating Tara! NewboRN Home Visiting Program Cara Goss, Nurse Home Visitor Alicia Stanaland, Nurse Home Visitor Teresa Davidson, Family Partner Shelley Vickers, Family Partner Nurse-Family Partnership Joylynn Wing, Nurse Home Visitor

We are currently seeking applicants for the following positions. Those interested in applying should do so using the link provided in the job description below. Positions are open until filled. Connect Representative Provider Liaison NewboRN Home Visiting Program Family Partner

Brenda Vorobok Program Supervisor Citrus County Healhty Start

How long have you worked for Healthy Start? 18-19 years What do you like most about your job? My greatest joy continues to be working with the families. I continue to do visits with a small caseload. I enjoy providing the education and guidance during the pregnancy and continuing to be able to provide education and guidance concerning infant care and development after the baby arrives. I especially enjoy educating with the ASQ and seeing the joy on the parents face when their little one has accomplished a new developmental activity. What do you enjoy doing in your free time? Spending time at the beach with family If you could learn to do anything, what would it be? How to play the piano What is one food you cannot resist? Glazed yeast donuts What is your favorite season? Spring When you were a kid, what did you want to be when you grew up? I always wanted to be a nurse Where is your favorite place to eat? Any seafood resturant that serves fresh seafood, preferably at the beach.

Jessica Weiss Program Supervisor Lake County Healhty Start

How long have you worked for Healthy Start? 7 Years What do you like most about your job? Seeing new moms come into the new program and walking through their journey with them What do you enjoy doing in your free time? Baking If you could learn to do anything, what would it be ? Salsa dancing What is one food you cannot resist? Cheese What is your favorite season? Fall When you were a kid, what did you want to be when you grew up? Lawyer Where is your favorite place to eat? Longhorn

Heather Hollingsworth Business Operations Specialist

How long have you worked for WellFlorida? November will be 13 years with WellFlorida What do you like most about your job? I enjoy the people I work with who have become more like family as well as knowing that every day I go to work I'm doing something to help someone else. What do you enjoy doing when you are not working? Spending time with my family, shopping and reading What is a fun fact about you that most people do not know? I used to be afraid to have kids and now I'm blessed to be the mother of two wonderful little boys (Graysen (6) and Bennett (2)). What are three words that best describe you? Reliable, friendly, and hardworking What is the one thing you cannot live without? I can't live without my family! What is one food you cannot resist? Bananas Foster

Blaire Peterson Community Relations Specialist Central Healthy Start

How long have you worked for WellFlorida? It will be 12 years in September! What do you like most about your job? Connecting new families to resources and helping educate them on healthy/safe pregnancy and parenting skills. What do you enjoy doing when you are not working? Travel, vacations with the family What is a fun fact about you that most people do not know? My parents and brother have dark brown hair and eyes. But everyone says I look like my maternal grandfather (blonde hair, blue eyes), even though my mom was adopted What are three words that best describe you? Awkward, imaginative, and strong-willed What is the one thing you cannot live without? Cliche' answer would be my kids. Authentic answer would be sour cream and onion potato chips What is one food you cannot resist? Sour cream and onion potato chips

Nurse-Family Partnership Program Updates

The following are updates from this past quarter: Welcomed Joylynn Wing, RN, BSN to the team (an experienced NFP nurse from New York) Began distribution of safe sleep information to new mothers including a Pack ‘n’ Play if infant does not have a crib Provided car seats to clients and facilitated their professional installation Educated clients on strategies to calm a fussy baby, maternal stress reduction techniques, avoiding accidental poisoning in the home, home safety and provided first aid kits Been approved for expansion of service area into Citrus, Sumter, and Lake counties in addition to Hernando, Alachua, Marion, Levy, Dixie, Gilchrist that we already serve Completed supply orders in preparation for return to the office and return to in-person home visits Provided Mother’s Day Gifts to all clients Attended an outdoor and socially distanced Team Emotional Refueling and Nurses Week Celebration Return to in office 6/21 and expected return to home visits phasing in beginning July 1, 2021 with telehealth still remaining an option for visiting.

April 2021 - 10 referrals, 13 clients enrolled, and 25 home visits completed May 2021 - 8 referrals, 18 clients enrolled, and 44 home visits completed June 2021 - 1 referral, 19 clients enrolled, and 17 home visits completed Year-to-Date Total - 33 referrals, 19 clients enrolled, 136 home visits, and 9 infants born

THE HEALTHY START TEAM Board Officers Past President - Lesha Buchbinder President - Dana Selfridge Vice President - Joelle Aboytes Treasurer - Sandra Woodard Secretary - Esmeralda Batiz Board of Directors Joelle Aboytes, Department of Children and Families, Circuit 5 Esmeralda Batiz, Community Health Centers Lesha Buchbinder, Early Learning Coalition of Lake County Dee Dixon, Healthy Families Citrus County Maria Granado, Community Health Worker Program in Lake County Porcha Green, Healthy Families Lake, Sumter and Marion Kristen Hopper, LifeStream Behavioral Health Center Dana Selfridge, Healthy Families Pasco Hernando Sandra Woodard, Early Learning Coalition of the Nature Coast Healthy Start Program Supervisors Coalition Staff

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