WIC
Environmental Health
Nursing
Pandemic
Public Health
100

What does W.I.C. stand for?

Women, Infants and Children

100

What is the trapping of heat from the sun by gases in Earth's atmosphere?

Greenhouse Effect

100

What does PNCC stand for?

Prenatal Care Coordination (PNCC) is a Medicaid and BadgerCare Plus benefit that helps pregnant women get the support and services they need to have a healthy baby.

100

How many Covid surges or waves have there been?

3

100

When washing your hands you should sing ____ ____ or ____ ____?

What is Happy Birthday or Twinkle, Twinkle 

200

Football, across the lap, cradling and lying down. All examples of...

What are different breastfeeding positions?

200

What is an odorless, colorless, and radioactive gas that enters buildings through cracks in floors and basement walls?

Radon

200

What is the WIR?

Wisconsin Immunization Registry (WIR): The Wisconsin Immunization Registry electronically stores immunization records for Wisconsin residents in a secure system

200

What is the current Covid community transmission level for Walworth County?

Low

200

Public Health only provides flu and covid-19 vaccines, True or False?

False!  (PH offers lots of different vaccines for children and adults- mainly serving non-insured or underinsured individuals)

300

How many infants in the USA participate in the WIC program?

More than half of the infants in the U.S. participate in WIC.

300

What is the process where water is returned to Earth's surface by evaporating from Earth's surface into the air and returned as a form of precipitation?

Water cycle

300

During these FREE one hour sessions, a nurse will present relevant and engaging information on current women's health topics.

What are Grape Vine Sessions (there are 13 different health topics that can be presented on)
300

Which age group is NOT currently eligible for Covid-19  vaccinations?

Children under 5 years of age
300

Varicella vaccine immunizes against what disease?

Chicken Pox (this 2 dose vaccine series, begins at 12 months of age)

400

When was WIC first established?

1972: WIC was piloted as a supplemental food program aimed at improving the health of pregnant mothers, infants and children in response to growing concern over malnutrition among many poverty-stricken mothers and young children.

400

Each person in the United States uses about how many GALLONS of water per day?

80 to 100

400

How many confirmed cases of STI's (Chlamydia and Gonorrhea) were reported in 2021?

372 confirmed cases

400

When was Walworth Counties first confirmed case of Covid_19?

March, 2020

400

Local health departments in WI must complete a Community Health Assessment (CHA) & Community Health Improvement Plan (CHIP) every how many years.

5 years

500

What are WIC Health Outcomes?

  • Reduce premature births
  • Reduce low and very low birth-weight babies
  • Reduce fetal and infant deaths
  • Reduce the incidence of low-iron anemia
  • Increase access to prenatal care earlier in pregnancy
  • Increase pregnant women’s consumption of key nutrients such as iron, protein, calcium, and Vitamins A and C
  • Increase immunization rates
  • Improve diet quality
  • Increase access to regular health care
500

What is an ecosystem?

A system made up of all the living things in an area and the nonliving parts of their environment

500

Daily Double!!

Where is Sarumans tower?

Isengard.

500

How many Covid-19 vaccines have been administered by Walworth County?

24,000

500

How many essential services are included in Public Health?

10 

  1. Assess and monitor population health status, factors that influence health, and community needs and assets
  2. Investigate, diagnose, and address health problems and hazards affecting the population
  3. Communicate effectively to inform and educate people about health, factors that influence it, and how to improve it
  4. Strengthen, support, and mobilize communities and partnerships to improve health
  5. Create, champion, and implement policies, plans, and laws that impact health
  6. Utilize legal and regulatory actions designed to improve and protect the public’s health
  7. Assure an effective system that enables equitable access to the individual services and care needed to be healthy
  8. Build and support a diverse and skilled public health workforce
  9. Improve and innovate public health functions through ongoing evaluation, research, and continuous quality improvement
  10. Build and maintain a strong organizational infrastructure for public health
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