healthy start quarterly newsletter (spring)

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Health y Star t, In c. is support ed in part by project CFDA #93.9 26E

from the U.S. De partment of Heal th and Human Ser vices , Heal thResources and Ser vices Adminis trati on, Mate rnal and Chil d Healt h

Bureau (Tit le V, Social Securi ty Act .)

Dear Family and Friends of Healthy Start, Inc.,

Cheryl Squire FlintEXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Cheryl Squire FlintEXECUTIVE DIRECTORHealthy Start News & Events......pages 1-10

The Doctors Word......................page 11

Health Educaon Months:

AprilisChildAbusePrevenonMonth

MayisMentalHealthAwareness

Month

JuneisNaonalHomeSafetyMonth

Save the Date!

9thAnnualSymposium-May1st,2012

1stAnnualGolfOung-May7th,2012

AnnualHighmarkWalk-May19th,2012


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Longue Vue Country Club will be the site of the 1st Annual Healthy Start, Inc. Golf

Oung on Monday, May 7th, 2012. L.C. Greenwood of the Pisburgh Steelers

legendarySteelCurtainwillhostthisinauguralevent,sodontmisstheopportunity

toplaysomeholeswithalivinglegend.L.CisalsobringinghisSteelerfriendsincluding

Rocky Bleier, Andy Russell, John

Banaszak, Todd Kalis, Mike Wagner,

Edmond Nelson, JT Thomas,

Craig Bingham, and Emmanuel Sanders out to

play. There will also be prizes for Hole-in-Ones

on par 3 holes as well as awards for skill shots.

For the non-golfer, there will be a lunch andsilent aucon; memorabilia can sll be donated

for the aucon, and sponsors are sll welcome

to join the event. For more informaon, visit our

website at www.healthystartpisburgh.org or call

Mitch Coates at 412.247.4009 to reserve a spot.

L.C. Greenwood during the Steel Curtain days

FACT: L.C. Greenwoodspent his entire career(1969-1981) with the

Pittsburgh Steelers andwon four Super Bowls

during that time.

Spring 2012 babybulletin / Healthy Start News & Events

Healthy Start, Inc.

will Host the 1stAnnual Tee Up forBabies Golf Outing

on May 7th


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OnSaturday,May19,2012,HealthyStart,Inc.

willjoin69localnon-protsforawalktobenet

theorganizaonsthatdelivervitalhealthand

humanserviceprogramsinthePisburgharea.

one-hundredpercentofthemoneyraisedfor

thewalkgoesdirectlytotheparcipangnon-

prots; in 2011, theevent raised$21,000 for

Healthy Start Pisburgh. Healthy Start had a

greatshowofsupportin2011withnearly400

registeredwalkers.

Healthy Start had a sign-up drive/hat day on

February3rd,2012andalsoawardedDebbie

S m i t h

Glover, an outreachworker, a trophy for

registering the most

parcipants for the

2011 Highmark Healthy

Walk. She registered

100 parcipants. 50

employees, family and

friends were registered

forthewalkonthesign

up day.

The 2012 5k walk will

begin at 9 a.m. at Stage AE on the North Shore, with a shorter one

mile walk beginning at 9:15 a.m. At the conclusion of the walk, food,

beverages, music, acvites and prize drawings will be held. Visit www

walkforahealthycommunity.org to register. Join us to walk for healthy

Pisburgh!

Debbie Smith Glover (OutreachWorker) Accepts the award

Healthy Start employees sign parcipants upfor the walk and parcipate in hat day



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Open Arms Malawi Orphanage Receives Gifts

On December 1st, 2011, Healthy Start, Inc. raisedawareness for World Aids Day by donang school

supplies, toysand a poron of the money collected

weekly for Dress Down Fridays to the Open Arms

Malawi orphanage, which takes care of children

whose parents have died of AIDS. The orphanage

receivedthegisandsentpicturesofthechildren

enjoying them. Healthy Start would like to thank

all who donated. We are proud to support the

Malawi Foundaon with connued donaons in

thefuture.FormoreinformaonabouttheOpen

Armsorphanage,visitwww.openarmsmalawi.org.



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In 2009, anestimated 120,000Malawian children

were living withAIDS and half amillion have been

orphaned becauseof the epidemic.

There is only onedoctor per 50,000people in Malawi.



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Anchor bulky fu rn iture to the wa ll or floor

Place TVs on a sturdy low stand

Push the TV as far back as possible

Remove toys, controllers, and remote

controls from the top of your TV

Place electrical cords out of yourchilds reach

Supervise children where these

precautions have not been followed

Healthy Start, Inc. is supported in part by project CFDA #93.926E from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration, Materna

and Child Health Bureau (Title V, Social Security Act.)

A chi ld dies every two weeks due to

furniture and appliance tipovers.

Almost al l of these trag ic accidents

are preventable.

Follow these tips to makeyour home safer:



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Members of HealthyStart Pisburgh aendedThe Associaon ofMaternalandChildHealthPrograms(AMCHP)AnnualConference.

The AMCHP AnnualConference took place

February 11-14, 2012 attheOmniShorehamHotelin Washington, D.C. TheAssociaonofMaternal&ChildHealthProgramsisanaonal resource, partnerand advocate for statepublic health leaders andothers working to improve

thehealthofwomen,children,youthandfamilies,includingthosewithspecialhealthcare needs. The annual conference allows for connuing educaon combined withnetworkingopportunies.

Healthy Start Attends the AMCHP Conference

Raynard Washington presents at the AMCHP Conference

Raynard Washington and Marlene Kolosky show o theirposter about infant massage at the AMCHP ConferenceScene at the AMCHP Conference



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(LtoR) MarleneKolo

sky,JanetWagner(B

oard

Member),AndreaKim

ple

JoanneWhiteandJaniceMaker(Board

Member)walktotheconeference

(LtoR)Thelm

aJackson,And

reaKimple,Yvo

nne

Rainey(Board

Member),Val

erieWheatley

(HealthyStart

BoardPresid

ent)

The PittsburghConsortia has 88

members while theFayette Consortia

has 34.

Dr.RobertL.Thompson,M.D.,(ViceChairof

Board)andformerBoardmemberWilfordA.Payne



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The NHSA Conference took placeMarch 11-14, 2012 at the HyaRegency Washington on CapitolHill in Washington, D.C. Comingo of the heels of celebrang20 years of Healthy Start, thisyears conference focused on

strategies to sustain the programforanother20yearsandbeyond.Theconferencefeaturedinnovaveworkshops,cungedgeresearchandprograms, exemplary speakers and anopportunitytoconnectandbrainstormwithold and new colleagues.

MitchCoates,JanetWagnerandDaynaJonesaer

meengwithU.S.RepMikeDoylesstafCherylSquire

Flint,Healthy

Start

Pisburgh/Fa

yeeExecuv

eDirector,

presentsatth

econference

National Healthy Start Conference



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Region 3 Consortia Meeting


(L to R) Dhana N. King, Rae Ann Sims, CharmaineTyler, Danah Williams

The Region 3 Consorum (East End/Wilkinsburg

metonFebruary14,wheremuchofthefocuswas

on the up and coming Baby Shower. The group

went over the vendors that will be parcipangandalsotalkaboutvolunteersfortheshower.Six

newmemberswerewelcomedtotheconsorum

aswell.Tobecomeaconsoramember,callDayna

Jonesat412.247.4009.

Derrek Craig and LaShawn Tipton

Diana Lockridge and Danah WilliamsReverend Linda Oliver


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StrabiSmuS,morecommonlyknownascross-eyedorwall-eyed,isaneyemusclecondioninwhichone

orbotheyesmayturnin(esotropia),out(exotropia),

up(hypertropia)ordown(hypotropia).Theeyesare

notproperlyalignedanddonotfocusonanobject

together at

the same me.

One eye may

be turned all

of the me or

only some of

the me. Most

peoplewhohavestrabismusareusuallybornwithit

ordevelopitatanearlyage.However,someformsof

strabismusoccurlaterinlife.

SymptomS: Newborns oen have crossed eyes

tosomedegree dueto underdeveloped vision, but

thisusuallydisappearsbytheageof3to4months.

True strabismus does not disappear as the childgrows. If you think your child is showing signs of

truestrabismus,itisimportanttoseektheadviceof

an eye care professional. The earlier the detecon

andtreatment, thebeer thechilds vision willbe.

Symptomstowatchoutforinclude:Eyesthatappear

crossed,Eyesthatdonotaligninthesamedirecon,

Eyesthatdonotmovetogether,Doublevision,Vision

inonlyoneeye,withlossofdepthpercepon.

CauSeS:Strabismusiscausedbyaweakeyemuscle

or a weak signal from the nerve that controls the

eye muscle. Frequently, uncorrected farsightedness

andfocusingproblemsaretheunderlyingcausesof

strabismusinchildren.Somechildrenarebornwith

a defecve visual processing center in the brain.

Strabismusmayalsodevelopifachildisbornwitha

cataract.ItiscommonincondionssuchasDownssyndromeandcerebralpalsy.Bleedinginthebrain,a

braintumor,nervoussystemdisorders,diabetes,high

blood pressure, myasthenia gravis, thyroid disease

andseverevisionlosscanalsocausestrabismus.

DiagnoSiS: Besidesparents,apediatricianorfamily

doctorisoentherstpersontodetectstrabismus.

A baby whose eyes do not appear straight by the age

of3 to4 months should be examined. To properly

diagnose strabismus, a complete eye examinaon

mustbeperformedbyaneyedoctor.Earlydiagnosis

isveryimportant,assomeeyeturnsmaybearesult

ofaseriousmedicalcondion.Strabismusthatisnot

treatedearlyinachildslifemaycauseamblyopia(lazy

eye),acondioninwhichvisiondevelopspoorly.In

addion,thecosmecappearanceofstrabismusmay

causealackofself-esteem.

treatment: Strabismus cannot be outgrown.Treatment to straighten the eyes is required.

Treatmentwilldependonthetypeofstrabismusand

itscause:

Glassesmaybeprescribedtoimprovefocusingand

enable the eyes to straighten.

Patchingthegoodeyewillforceapaenttouse

theaectedeye.Patchingwillimprovethechancesof

normalvisiontodevelop.

Eyedropsmaybeusedtoblurthegoodeye,forcing

theaectedeyetobeused.(Thisachievesthesame

resultaspatching.)

Eyemusclesurgerymaybeanoponifnon-surgical

treatmentsdonotwork.

Some eye doctors may prescribe eye exercises

beforeoraersurgery

Crossed Eyes and Lazy EyesBy Dr. Jerome Gloster, MD, Pediatrician/Medical Director

Spring 2012 babybulletin / The Doctors Word


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HealthyStart,Inc.issupportedinpartbyprojectCFDA#93.926EfromtheU.S.DepartmentofHealthandHumanServices,HealthResourcesandServices

Administraon,MaternalandChildHealthBureau(TitleV,SocialSecurityAct.)

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Phone:(412)247-4009Fx:(412)247-0187

Pisburgh Helpline:(412)247-1000

Fayee Helpline:(724)425-1799

Contribuons for Healthy Start, Inc. will be

accepted at the United Way using CODE 9282.

www.HealthyStartPisburgh.org

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ThemissionofHealthyStart,Inc.istofocusprimarilyonthereduconof

infantmortalityandlowbirthweightbabiesinSouthwesternPennsylvaniain

suchawayastomakevaluableuseofitsresources,preserveitsexibilityand

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