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| Clark College Dental Hygiene students provide sealants on Children's Dental Health Day |
In 2007, Parent Child Health served 1,042 clients through home and office visits. We also served 128 clients in parenting classes at the Center for Community Health, and in the Washougal and Battle Ground service centers. Additional 2007 activities include:
- Nurse Family Partnership was implemented in August, 2007. Four home visiting nurses, an office assistant, and a nurse manager were hired and trained in the program principles and curriculum. At the year's end, 26 first-time pregnant women were enrolled in the program. These women will receive visits until their first child's second birthday. When the program reaches capacity in 2008, 100 families will be enrolled in this program.
- Our child care consultants (nurses) provided trainings for child care directors and staff on subjects such as managing food allergies in the child care setting and what to do about MRSA. Staff also served eighteen child care centers with monthly nurse consultations in their infant and toddler areas.
- Staff produced 128 passports (health records for children in foster care) so that the foster parents and medical providers would have accurate health histories.
- More than 10,000 Clark County children have been enrolled in the Access to Baby and Child Dentistry program, which provides preventive and restorative dental care to low-income children 0-5 years of age who might otherwise not have access to dental services. Our oral health staff enrolled and trained 49 local dentists to provide these services.
- A coalition of partners coordinated a Free Dental Day for children to age 19. Partners included: Clark County Public Health, Clark County Dental Society, Free Clinic of Southwest Washington, Greater Southwest Washington Dental Hygiene Association, Ronald McDonald House Charities, Washington Oral Health Foundation, Clark College dental hygiene students, Skill Center dental assisting students, EOCF/Head Start, and OHSU dental students. They provided care to 287 children from ages 0-19. Almost $100,000 of free care was provided that day to residents of Clark County.
- In June, Clark County Public Health staff, Free Clinic staff, and local dentists went to Dobbins Farm to provide dental services to migrant workers. They treated 24 clients with a value of $5,190 of dental care.
