Utah Office of Health Disparities

Webinar - It Takes A Village

November 8th, 2018 at 11:00am - 12:00pm MT

This webinar will review the work of the Utah Office of Health Disparities (OHD) on addressing this issue. Presenters will discuss the process behind identifying the health disparities and working with partners to create innovative and culturally sound solutions. They will also highlight the It Takes a Village: Giving Our Babies the Best Chance (ITAV) program, which raises awareness about birth outcomes disparities in the context of Pacific Islander cultural beliefs and practices.

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Renown Children's Hospital

Baby Fair and Diaper Derby 2018

November 10th, 2018 at 9:00am - 2:00pm

Grand Sierra Resort I 2500 E. 2nd St, Reno, NV 89145

Renown’s Children’s Hospital will be at Baby Fair and Diaper Derby 2018 featuring information on childbirth education classes and lactation services.

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Nevada Office of Minority Health & Equity

All Of Us Mobile Exhibit

November 14th-16th, 2018 at 10:00am - 4:00pm

and November 17th, 2018 at 9:00am - 2:00pm

Martin Luther King Health Center I 1799 Mount Mariah Dr, Las Vegas, NV 89106

All Of Us is a new research program from the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The goal is to advance precision medicine or health care that is based on you as an individual. 

It takes into account factors like where you live, what you do, and your family health history. To get there, we need one million or more people.

Those who join will share information about their health over time. Researchers will study this data. What they learn could improve health for generations to come.

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UNR School of Medicine

Online CMEs for 2018 Pain Management & Addiction Series

This series was created to assist healthcare professionals in navigating the challenges associated with treating patients with pain, and understanding and mitigating the potential for abuse and dependence of controlled substances as well as other drugs. 

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Nevada Health Centers &

Nevada Primary Care Association

Round-table Discussion

Protecting Our Adolescents is Protecting Our Future

January 17, 2019 I 8:00am - 12:00pm

Attendance sites available in Carson City and Las Vegas

Nevada Health Centers in partnership with Nevada Primary Care Association are pleased to invite you to an informal round table discussion on the implications of homeless adolescents and/or adolescent victims of human trafficking. The objective of the round-table discussion is to identify access barriers, available resources, potential interventions, and agencies interested in developing and implementing an integrated community-based model to move homeless/trafficked adolescents into a productive adulthood without returning to the streets or human trafficking.

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The Bright Futures Tool and Resource Kit, 2nd Edition is now available to accompany and support Bright Futures: Guidelines for Health Supervision of Infants, Children, and Adolescents, 4th Edition, the new edition provides health care professionals with an organized and integrated compilation of current forms and materials pertinent to preventive health supervision and health screening for infants, children, and adolescents.

The new online platform allows easy access to the most current tools. Health care professionals can use or adapt these materials to meet the needs of their practices and ensure they are following the recommendations presented in the Bright Futures: Guidelines for health Supervision of Infants, Children, and Adolescents, 4th Edition when delivering care to their patients and families.

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Are you all caught up on our podcast

the Healthy Mom Happy Family Show?

Episode 007: The Importance of Baby Wellness Checkups with Dr. Jinsy Jacobs

"The most important thing that they can hear from their provider is, YOU GOT THIS!"

Dr. Jinsy Jacobs discusses the importance of wellness checks for babies after discharge from the hospital, and discusses the issues in the community that contribute to the lack of follow-ups with a pediatrician.

Mothers pregnant with their first baby are eligible to get connected with a free personal nurse from Nurse Family Partnership

Each year, hundreds of thousands of babies are born to vulnerable first-time moms facing serious challenges. Nurse-Family Partnership provides first-time moms with specially trained nurses to help them be the best moms they can be!

Over 40 years of evidence show the measurable, long-lasting difference Nurse-Family Partnership makes in the lives of moms and their children.

Many more moms and babies need our help! 

Quitting tobacco is a process. Whether you are thinking about quitting, are not yet ready to quit, or have already quit, Nevada Tobacco Quit line can help you with each step of the way.

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Unsafe sleeping conditions kill a baby almost every two weeks in Clark County

Unsafe sleeping conditions are due to suffocating or rolling off the bed and it happens to any demographic. These deaths are preventable and Baby's Bounty works to prevent those deaths by helping to distribute essential baby items, including cribs to many families in Nevada.

Read more about unsafe sleeping conditions here

Learn more about Baby's Bounty here

Around 3,500 babies die from sleep-related deaths every year. We can change those numbers by having better conversations with caregivers about what safe sleep recommendations look like and why following them can save a baby's life.

To help support and spark those conversations, take this video quiz that reviews recommended safe sleep practices. The quiz is not a test; instead, it is an interactive teaching tool to help health professionals engage families in conversations about what safe sleep looks like and why it is important.