2013 First Quarterly Report - Lafayette County Health Department

A community of safe,
prepared and healthy
people.
March 31, 2013
CAPITOL DAY
January 2013
Two Odessa High School students who are members of Students With a Goal
(S.W.A.G.), attended Tobacco Free Missouri’s Capitol Day in Jefferson City in
January 2013. The students were accompanied by Glenda Bertz, RN, LCHD. The
students participated in a rally at the Rotunda of the Capitol that morning. One of
the students spoke at the rally on behalf of the Tobacco Free Missouri Youth
Advisory Board regarding the burden of tobacco on Missouri. The youth then met
with Senator David Pearce, and Representative Glen Kolkmeyer. The students
showed their legislators the posters they created, which were signed by students and
community members from Lafayette County of why they “stand up against
tobacco”. The students gave the legislators information about S.W.A.G., and
tobacco prevention activities taking place in Lafayette County. (In picture L to
R: Alana Dowell, Senator David Pearce, and Alex Higginbotham) (2nd picture: Over
100 people attended Capitol Day, including youth from across the state. They
created “walking billboards” to educate their legislators and visitors of the Capitol
about why Missourians “stand up against tobacco”)
SPEAK HARD CONFERENCE
March 27, 2013
Odessa High School student, Alex Higginbotham, who is a
member of Students With a Goal (S.W.A.G.) received a
Missouri Youth Adult Alliance Award (MYAA) on March 27,
2013 at the annual Speak Hard Conference held in Jefferson
City, Missouri. MYAA sponsors the Speak Hard Conference for
students to receive training on the issues of underage drinking,
substance abuse, and bullying. Alex earned his award due to his
tobacco prevention efforts in his community. LCHD is a cosponsor of the S.W.A.G. program, and Alex was accompanied
to the conference by Glenda Bertz, RN LCHD. (Picture: Alex
receives a resolution from Representative Glenn Kolkmeyer for
receiving the MYAA Youth Advocate Award)
Prevent. Promote. Protect.
Presentations at
Daycares/Preschools
The Lafayette County
Health Department staff
visits child care facilities in
the county to present
educational health
programs to the children.
The purpose of this
program is to increase
children’s awareness of
health issues.
Programs that will be
presented are healthy
heart, poison prevention,
and dental health.
Programs/Services
 Environmental Health
 Communicable Disease
 Immunizations/Education
 School activities
 Emergency Preparedness
 Vital Records—birth/death
certificates
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Prevent. Promote. Protect.
KICK BUTTS DAY
Odessa High School promoted Kick Butts Day, a national day sponsored by Campaign for Tobacco
Free Kids for youth to stand up against big tobacco, by making a public service announcement at
KMZU radio which was
aired on their station
during Kick Butts Day
week. The OHS
Students With a Goal
(S.W.A.G.) group also
had a display at school
for students to sign
notecards about why
they stand up against
tobacco.
(Picture: L to R Alana Dowell and Alex Higginbotham make psa at KMZU radio station)
(OHS S.W.A.G. display in cafeteria at OHS)
BASIC AID TRAINING
March 2013
LCHD has done Basic Aid Training (B.A.T.) in four schools during the month of March. The
curriculum is from American Red Cross, and 4th grade students learn basic first aid, fire prevention,
poison prevention, how to make a 911 phone call, being prepared for disasters, rescue breathing,
and first aid for choking.
B.A.T.
(Picture: Students at St Paul’s Elementary use mannequins to practice rescue breathing) (Students at
Wellington Napoleon Elementary use 2L soda bottles to practice the Heimlich maneuver)
Prevent. Promote. Protect.
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TAR WARS
LCHD presented Tar Wars to five schools, reaching 300 students, in Lafayette County during this
quarter. Tar Wars is a tobacco education program for 5th grade students. The curriculum is
provided by the
American Academy of
Family Physicians. The
program educates
students about the
health effects of
tobacco, the cost of
tobacco, reasons people
start using tobacco,
ways to say no, and how
tobacco companies
market their products.
The students are then
able to participate in a poster contest to show how being tobacco free is part of a healthy lifestyle.
(Pictures: Students use balloons to show the effects of second hand smoke, and the chemicals in tobacco
smoke) (Odessa R-7 poster contest winners)
SAVING SMILES
The Saving Smiles dental program started up again this September
with a licensed dental professional screening children’s teeth and a
trained volunteer will apply a thin protective coating of fluoride
varnish to their teeth as a preventive measure against tooth decay.
SCHOOLS
VARNISHED
Concordia
233/262
Grandview Elementary
316/476
Higginsville Head Start
27/27
Immanuel Lutheran
44/60
Leslie Bell School
278/349
Lexington Early Childhood Center
57/69
Lexington Head Start
32/32
Santa Fe Elementary School
118/163
St. Paul’s Lutheran School
109/149
Trinity Lutheran School
Wellington-Napoleon
80/98
171/210
Prevent. Promote. Protect.
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POD VOLUNTEER TRAINING
February 11, 2013 & March 11, 2013
Emergency
Preparedness
WIC
2013
Since January 2012 the Lafayette
150
148
146
County Health Department has had the
145
opportunity to provide WIC services
both in the office and outreach clinics
140
under the WIC contract of Samuel U.
135
134
Rodgers Health Center. Since that time
130
we have had a steady increase in our
number of clients seen per month.
125
Jan
Mar
May
July
Sept
VITAL RECORDS
January
February
March
Totals
Birth Certificate
43
69
87
199
Death Certificates
38
20
43
101
Nov