The Meigs County Health Department (MCHD) continued to prepare itself and residents for natural and man-made emergencies through its Public Health Emergency Preparedness Grant (PHEP)

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Highlights:

 

· Meigs County Health had a vital role in the mitigation of damages and stress from the September 17th tornado in Reedsville/Eden ridge.

· The health department recently (February 2011) installed a building generator to provide electric power during outages.  In agreement with the Meigs Senior Citizens Center, we can provide a shelter with electric, food and housing during power outages and other extreme, emergency situations.

The Meigs County Medical Reserve Corps was established in December 2006 in an effort to get registered volunteers to help in times of great need.

 

We are looking for nurses with experiences in injections, vaccinations and IV setup.  These nurse volunteers will be crucial in any mass vaccination program we initiate.

 

We also need volunteers with clinic experience from the paperwork trail to helping with parking.  If you’re interested, see the application to the left.  Volunteers must also register with www.serveohio.gov to receive volunteer liability coverage.

Meigs Medical Reserve Corps

To volunteer, call the Health Department—740-992-6626

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The Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) Program is a special supplemental nutrition program for pregnant, postpartum (recently pregnant), and breastfeeding women, and infants and children up to age five.  The program is funded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture and is administered through the Ohio Department of Health and the Meigs County General Health District.

 

To qualify for WIC you must:

 

Live in Ohio

Meet WIC income guidelines

Meet certain nutritional or health risks

Be pregnant, less than 6 months postpartum, breastfeeding an infant less than one year old, an infant, or a child less than age five

 

Eligibility Guidelines---no change

 

The purpose of the WIC program is to improve the health status and prevent health problems among Ohio’s at-risk women, infants, and children.  WIC helps to:

 

Provide nutrition and breastfeeding education/counseling to decrease childhood obesity and other negative health/nutrition conditions.

Improve pregnancy outcomes by providing nutritional risk assessments and referring to support services, such as physicians, Help Me Grow, etc. to achieve full-term pregnancies.

Reduce infant death by decreasing the incidence of low birth weight (<5.5 pounds).

Increase breastfeeding rates among newborns.

Give infants and children a healthy start by providing nutritious foods, such as milk, cereal, eggs, juice, whole grains, fruits and vegetables, beans/peanut butter, baby food, and iron-fortified formula.

Provide highly nutritious, enhanced food packages to pregnant women and breastfeeding moms (up to1 year) and supplemental foods to postpartum (up to 6 months) non-breastfeeding moms.

 

When visiting the Meigs County WIC Clinic, you will be greeted by several friendly and eager-to-serve-you staff members.  Leanne Cunningham, RN, BSN, CLC is the Director; Janet Jones, DTR and Sandra Dalton, DTR are Health Professionals; Sherry Eagle, CLC is the Breastfeeding/Outreach Coordinator;  Beth Cremeans, CMA is the Clerk; Laurie Young, LPN is the Breastfeeding Peer Helper and Ellen Mingus, RD LD, is the contract Registered Dietitian.

 

The Meigs County WIC Program continuously serves around 700 participants each month.  The clinic staff consistently strives to efficiently serve as many residents as possible to help these participants to make good nutritional choices and therefore improve their overall health.

THE Meigs County FCFC has moved to the Meigs County Dept. of Jobs and Family Services in Middleport.

 

The Meigs County Family and Children First Council (FCFC) was formed in 1995 because of the Governor’s Family and Children First Initiative, which was a state-wide effort to manage and plan services so that every Ohio child can have the best outcomes possible.  Each FCFC is designed to meet the needs of the County it serves.

 

The Meigs County FCFC is a partnership of government agencies, community organizations, schools and parents.  The group is committed to improving the well-being of the County’s children and families.  The purpose is to make sure expectant parents and newborns do well; children are prepared for and succeed in school; infants and toddlers do well; youth choose healthy behaviors and successfully enter adulthood.  These priorities help to form the State budget and to develop community partnerships. The FCFC has brought several programs to Meigs County including but not limited to Help Me Grow and the Ohio Children’s Trust Fund.

 

Parents are welcome to participate in the FCFC via committees, advisory boards and focus groups.  For more information or to volunteer, contact Andrea Osborne at 992-2117 ext. 104.

 

The Cardiovascular Health Program is now the Creating Healthy Communities’ Program.  While heart disease prevention is still an objective, the focus of the program has been expanded to address all chronic diseases.  Physical activity, nutrition, and tobacco are primary prevention methods to prevent and reduce the effects of chronic disease such as: cancer, heart disease, diabetes, stroke, obesity, CoPD, high cholesterol, and high blood pressure.

            

The program works to develop policy changes, environmental changes, system changes, and offers trainings on current health information in the healthcare settings, schools, worksites, and the community.  Objectives include interventions such as walking path installation, referral systems for tobacco cessation classes between physicians and cessation trainers, school cook conferences, and worksite wellness program development.

            

Please contact Andrew Brumfield at 740-992-6626 with questions about the Creating Healthy Communities Program also; you may contact Mr. Brumfield for information about chronic disease prevention or management.

Meigs County Health Education Programs