Services and Resources for Health Care Providers
The Office of Maternal and Child Health
works with organizations, public health agencies, universities,
other state agencies, and health care providers who develop
educational materials and provide other services to care givers and
their clients. Here are lists of some services and resources that
may be helpful to you.
The Office of
Maternal and Child Health promotes breastfeeding through work
with
First Steps agencies (Maternity Support Services and
Maternity Case Management), Woment Infant and Children, Healthy
Mothers Healthy Babies, and the
Breastfeeding Infant
Friendly Workplace Promotion.
Four regional
perinatal centers in Washington State provide consultation,
continuing education, transport for the referring hospitals
within their region, and high-risk medical care for pregnant
women and newborns.
This guide is the
product of a collaborative grant between Department of Health
and the International Community Health Services Clinic to
provide community health clinics with methods for implementation
of a culturally relevant domestic violence identification system
in a prenatal clinic setting. The Perinatal Domestic
Violence Identification Services Guide offers an
assessment tool (PDF, 28KB), suggested activities, tools and
protocols. The assessment and activities can be part of a clinic
assurance system. Contact Maternal and Infant Health at
360-236-3505 or
MIH Support@doh.wa.gov
Health care
providers can obtain publications about screening and management
of HIV infection in pregnant women from the Maternal and Infant
Health program in the Office of Maternal and Child
Health. Publications include a brochure for patients called
"Prenatal Testing for HIV: What you should know," and
educational materials for providers regarding best practices and
checklists.
The Office of
Maternal and Child Health works to enhance substance abuse
screening practices among prenatal providers so more women who
experience abuse are identified and receive help.
The Office of
Maternal and Child Health works collaboratively with the
Washington State SIDS Foundation, Children & Family Health, and
Department of Social and Health Services Health Recovery and
Resources Administration on Back to Sleep education
campaigns with high risk populations in Washington State.
For more information on SIDS, visit these Web sites
http://www.sids.org/ or
http://nisa-sids.org/ or
call 1-800-533-0376.
The First Steps
program provides educational materials and methods to providers
to help them work with women to stop using tobacco products
during and after pregnancy. For additional services on tobacco
programs, see
www.doh.wa.gov/tobacco/ or call the Quit Line at
1-877-270-7867.
The Office of
Maternal and Child Health provides technical assistance,
training and monitors MSS providers statewide.
Maternal and
Infant Health/Maternity Support Services works collaboratively
with Family Planning
and Reproductive Health and
Health and Recovery
Services Administration (formerly Medical Assistance
Administration) to provide continuing family planning
training/updates to First Steps providers and other health care
providers in Washington State.
The Office of
Maternal and Child Health supports training and technical
assistance to health care providers through partnerships with
health plans, pediatric specialty hospitals, University of
Washington's Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental
Disabilities program, medical home partnerships and family
leadership efforts that help families become equal partners on
the child's health team.
The Washington
State Department of Health Immunization Program CHILD Profile
offers information about reliable resources to help you make
informed decisions on the importance of immunizations for
children, adolescents, and adults.
CHILD Profile
sends health promotion materials (reminders for well-child exams
and immunizations) to the parents of all children born in
Washington so children will be more likely to get exams and
immunizations. Through participation in the immunization
registry, providers can access their patients' immunizations and
check records quickly to see if immunizations have been missed
or are needed.
The Department
has a variety of publications designed for consumers and health
care providers. To view the catalog, request a free CD of the
catalog, or order materials, go to the
Health Education Publications page of the H.E.R.E. In
Washington Web site.
This project provides training to health and social service
providers about genetics so that they can help residents
understand genetics and get the services they need.
Gene Clinics is an on-line database of information about
genetic tests and other clinical genetics resources.
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Local health departments across the state have programs to
link children with special health care needs to necessary
services and programs, including linking families to insurance
sources, primarily Medicaid. A
Children with Special Health Care Needs Coordinator (82KB)
is designated for each county in the state.
The Office of Maternal and Child Health provides health
consultation to child care providers to build a statewide system
to promote health and safety in child care. This system
includes special training and components on children with
special needs, mental health, and behavioral issues.
The Oral Health Program in the Office of Maternal and Child
Health uses data from the
Smile
Survey (82KB) to evaluate current activities and to plan
programs that prevent dental disease in infants, children and
adolescents. The Oral Health Program supports community-based
services that include early screenings and referrals for
treatment, provision of dental sealants, and early disease
interventions through education and the promotion of fluoride
use.
WithinReach: Essential Resources for Family Health ASK Line,
provides Washington families with children with special health
care needs local and state resource information on health care
coverage, developmental screening, parent and sibling support,
adolescent transition resources, recreational opportunities, and
more.
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Neurodevelopmental Centers
Sixteen
Neurodevelopmental Centers provide evaluation, diagnosis,
coordinated treatment planning, and specialized therapy to
children with a variety of developmental or neurodevelopmental
conditions.
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Nutrition
Services
The Office of Maternal and Child Health along with the
University of Washington, Center on Human Development and
Disability supports a statewide network of community-based
nutritionists who provide nutrition services to children with
special health care needs.
The Office of Maternal and Child Health along with the
University of Washington, Center on Human Development and
Disability supports a statewide network of community-based,
interagency, interdisciplinary feeding teams who provide feeding
team services to children with special health care needs.
A Medical Home is an approach to providing health care in a
high-quality and cost-effective manner through a partnership
between families and providers. Children receive the care they
need from a pediatrician and other health care professionals and
are able to access all the medical and non-medical services
needed to help them achieve their maximum potential.
March of
Dimes and
Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention have information about
the importance of folic acid to prevent birth defects. All women
who could possibly become pregnant should consume 400 micrograms
(or 0.4mg) of folic acid (an essential B vitamin) every day
before pregnancy. Folic acid can be found in certain
healthy foods, enriched grain products and multivitamin pills.
Health care providers have more information.
Regional Genetic Clinics across the state offer genetic
counseling, testing, diagnosis, and treatment services.
CHILD Profile
sends health promotion materials (reminders for well-child exams
and immunizations) to the parents of all children born in
Washington so children will be more likely to get exams and
immunizations. Through participation in the immunization
registry, providers can access their patients' immunizations and
check records quickly to see if immunizations have been missed
or are needed.
The Early Hearing Loss Detection Diagnosis and Intervention
program works to ensure that all infants born in the state of
Washington: are screened for hearing loss before hospital
discharge or by one month of age, receive diagnostic
audiological evaluation by three months of age, and are enrolled
in early intervention services by six months of age.
Unless otherwise noted, all materials and forms
on this page are in PDF format.
Links to external resources are provided as a
public service and do not imply endorsement by the Washington State
Department of Health.
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