Pregnancy
This is the amount of weeks gestation for a typical full term pregnancy.
What is 40 weeks?
This is the waxy white substance that covers newborn babies when they are freshly born.
What is the vernix?
This is the overall goal of the Healthy Start program.
What is Prevent Infant Mortality.
Improve Birth Outcomes.
Reduce Maternal/Infant Health Disparities
This person can often be heard giggling throughout the office.
Who is Jasmine?
This staff member is an avid reader and has ready 100 books last year and 75 this year!
Who is Kira?
This forms around week 5 of pregnancy and becomes the baby's brain.
What is the neural tube?
These are three ways to tell if a baby is sick and you need to call the doctor.
What are:
fever over 100.4
difficulty breathing
coughing up blood
unusually fussy (won't settle)
rash
vomiting
This is the number of counties that Upstate and Midlands Healthy Start serve combined (bonus 100pts to name them).
What are 7?
This person can be heard singing gospel songs throughout the office.
Who is Ms. Kim?
This staff member stays stocked with candies/snacks to share at the office.
Who is Anna?
This is considered the start of the second trimester.
13 weeks
These three medications are given to baby at birth (unless parent declines).
Hepatitis B vaccine, erythromycin eye gel, vitamin K shot
This upstate CHW has a background in nursing and has the highest participant caseload to date!
Who is Denisse?
This staff member hosts a breastfeeding class for participants monthly.
Who is Tanya?
These two staff are originally from Ohio.
hint: midlands
Who are Sierra and Isabella?
Around this month is when baby can respond to light and sounds by moving.
What is 7 months?
These are two benefits of breastfeeding.
provides antibodies that protect baby from illness, and lowers the risk of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS)
This is the year that Healthy Start started as a presidential initiative.
What is 1991?
This is the amount of time Ms. Harriett has been a nurse.
What is over 30 years?
This staff member is considered the "mom" of the office.
hint: upstate
These are three symptoms of preeclampsia and should be address by a medical professional urgently.
Floaters
Severe Headache (tylenol won't help)
Upper right quadrant pain
Protein in urine
High blood pressure
These are two of the most common food allergies for young children.
milk, peanuts, walnuts and pecans, eggs, wheat, soy, fish and shellfish
This staff member loves to rollerskate!
Who is Ms. Windy?
This staff member has been with HS the longest (other than Mrs. Kim).
Who is Shakera?
This staff member speaks three languages! (bonus 10pts for which ones)
Who is Marselina?