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Provider Education
The Key Indicators of
Perinatal Health for Washington Residents provides information to
identify perinatal health issues and help guide decision-making in
state agencies. The indicators were derived from Washington State
birth, fetal death, and death certificate data, the First Steps
Database, and the
Pregnancy Risk
Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS).
The Office of
Maternal and Child Health promotes breastfeeding through work with
First Steps agencies (Maternity Support Services and Maternity
Case Management), WIC, 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.
The Perinatal
Partnership Against Domestic Violence (PPADV) curriculum is designed
for health care professionals and advocates who provide training for
perinatal health care providers. The goal is to increase provider
awareness of domestic violence and to provide tools for health care
professionals to provide culturally competent domestic violence
identification and intervention in pregnant and postpartum women.
Call Washington State Department of Health: 360-236-3501 or
Washington State Coalition Against Domestic Violence: 206-389-2515,
ext. 104.)
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://www.thesidsfoundation.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 (LEND) 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.
DOH 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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