Making Sense of Colorado WIC Childhood Obesity Rates
Over the past two decades there has been an abundance of news describing our nation’s rising rates of childhood obesity. Only in the past year has the outlook brightened with news of a slowing of those rates.
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New Offices Open in April
Denver Health's newest community health center, the South West Family Health Center, will open on April 18, 2016.
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Cessation Support for Pregnant Women
Quitting smoking while pregnant is so important for both mom and baby. Smoking can cause complications during pregnancy and pose serious health risks for the baby after birth.
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9 Ways to Grow Healthy Colorado Kids! Update
By now you have hopefully seen the materials to promote 9 Ways to Grow Healthy Colorado Kids! consistent messaging for families to receive the same information, no matter the source, about ways to help their children achieve healthy weights.
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A New Normal
Breastfeeding improves health and saves lives, according to a new Lancet medical journal research Series on breastfeeding. The Lancet found that breastfeeding could save the lives of 823,000 children and 20,000 mothers each year worldwide.
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State and Local WIC Performance Improvement Initiatives
Gina Febbraro, the Maternal and Child Health Performance Improvement Consultant, has been working with the Nutrition Services Branch (NSB), which houses the WIC Program, to launch two new initiatives called NSB Impact and Local WIC Impact.
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Annual Civil Rights Training
All WIC staff are required to complete Civil Rights Training annually. Download a printable copy.
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Service with Sustenance
You may know WIC as a food voucher program. But the program offers many services for women who are pregnant or have small children and others who care for small children.
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eWIC Update
The eWIC pilot is just around the corner, and the state office and pilot agencies, Pueblo and Northeast are busily preparing. Here is a brief update on what’s been happening.
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Quick Action at WIC Brings Boy Back to Health
Recognition, knowledge, and prompt intervention where three key factors that were used in the Montezuma WIC clinic this fall to save the life of a very sick little boy.
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Retailer News
LARC Quarterly Calls
To provide your input and stay in the loop, please continue to join us for the LARC Quarterly Calls. To keep you updated during the transition to eWIC throughout this year, several additional conference calls and webinars are being scheduled.
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Brief Updates
- CDPHE Makes County-Level Immunization Coverage Maps Available Online
- Engaging Men and Dads in WIC: Toolkit
- Interim Guidelines for Pregnant Women During a Zika Virus Outbreak
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