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Health y Star t, In c. is support ed in part by project CFDA #93.9 26E
from the U.S. De partment of Heal th and Human Ser vices , Heal thResources and Ser vices Adminis trati on, Mate rnal and Chil d Healt h
Bureau (Tit le V, Social Securi ty Act .)
Dear Family and Friends of Healthy Start, Inc.,
Cheryl Squire FlintEXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Cheryl Squire FlintEXECUTIVE DIRECTORHealthy Start News & Events......pages 1-10
The Doctors Word......................page 11
Health Educaon Months:
AprilisChildAbusePrevenonMonth
MayisMentalHealthAwareness
Month
JuneisNaonalHomeSafetyMonth
Save the Date!
9thAnnualSymposium-May1st,2012
1stAnnualGolfOung-May7th,2012
AnnualHighmarkWalk-May19th,2012
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Longue Vue Country Club will be the site of the 1st Annual Healthy Start, Inc. Golf
Oung on Monday, May 7th, 2012. L.C. Greenwood of the Pisburgh Steelers
legendarySteelCurtainwillhostthisinauguralevent,sodontmisstheopportunity
toplaysomeholeswithalivinglegend.L.CisalsobringinghisSteelerfriendsincluding
Rocky Bleier, Andy Russell, John
Banaszak, Todd Kalis, Mike Wagner,
Edmond Nelson, JT Thomas,
Craig Bingham, and Emmanuel Sanders out to
play. There will also be prizes for Hole-in-Ones
on par 3 holes as well as awards for skill shots.
For the non-golfer, there will be a lunch andsilent aucon; memorabilia can sll be donated
for the aucon, and sponsors are sll welcome
to join the event. For more informaon, visit our
website at www.healthystartpisburgh.org or call
Mitch Coates at 412.247.4009 to reserve a spot.
L.C. Greenwood during the Steel Curtain days
FACT: L.C. Greenwoodspent his entire career(1969-1981) with the
Pittsburgh Steelers andwon four Super Bowls
during that time.
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Healthy Start, Inc.
will Host the 1stAnnual Tee Up forBabies Golf Outing
on May 7th
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OnSaturday,May19,2012,HealthyStart,Inc.
willjoin69localnon-protsforawalktobenet
theorganizaonsthatdelivervitalhealthand
humanserviceprogramsinthePisburgharea.
one-hundredpercentofthemoneyraisedfor
thewalkgoesdirectlytotheparcipangnon-
prots; in 2011, theevent raised$21,000 for
Healthy Start Pisburgh. Healthy Start had a
greatshowofsupportin2011withnearly400
registeredwalkers.
Healthy Start had a sign-up drive/hat day on
February3rd,2012andalsoawardedDebbie
S m i t h
Glover, an outreachworker, a trophy for
registering the most
parcipants for the
2011 Highmark Healthy
Walk. She registered
100 parcipants. 50
employees, family and
friends were registered
forthewalkonthesign
up day.
The 2012 5k walk will
begin at 9 a.m. at Stage AE on the North Shore, with a shorter one
mile walk beginning at 9:15 a.m. At the conclusion of the walk, food,
beverages, music, acvites and prize drawings will be held. Visit www
walkforahealthycommunity.org to register. Join us to walk for healthy
Pisburgh!
Debbie Smith Glover (OutreachWorker) Accepts the award
Healthy Start employees sign parcipants upfor the walk and parcipate in hat day
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Open Arms Malawi Orphanage Receives Gifts
On December 1st, 2011, Healthy Start, Inc. raisedawareness for World Aids Day by donang school
supplies, toysand a poron of the money collected
weekly for Dress Down Fridays to the Open Arms
Malawi orphanage, which takes care of children
whose parents have died of AIDS. The orphanage
receivedthegisandsentpicturesofthechildren
enjoying them. Healthy Start would like to thank
all who donated. We are proud to support the
Malawi Foundaon with connued donaons in
thefuture.FormoreinformaonabouttheOpen
Armsorphanage,visitwww.openarmsmalawi.org.
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In 2009, anestimated 120,000Malawian children
were living withAIDS and half amillion have been
orphaned becauseof the epidemic.
There is only onedoctor per 50,000people in Malawi.
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Anchor bulky fu rn iture to the wa ll or floor
Place TVs on a sturdy low stand
Push the TV as far back as possible
Remove toys, controllers, and remote
controls from the top of your TV
Place electrical cords out of yourchilds reach
Supervise children where these
precautions have not been followed
Healthy Start, Inc. is supported in part by project CFDA #93.926E from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration, Materna
and Child Health Bureau (Title V, Social Security Act.)
A chi ld dies every two weeks due to
furniture and appliance tipovers.
Almost al l of these trag ic accidents
are preventable.
Follow these tips to makeyour home safer:
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Members of HealthyStart Pisburgh aendedThe Associaon ofMaternalandChildHealthPrograms(AMCHP)AnnualConference.
The AMCHP AnnualConference took place
February 11-14, 2012 attheOmniShorehamHotelin Washington, D.C. TheAssociaonofMaternal&ChildHealthProgramsisanaonal resource, partnerand advocate for statepublic health leaders andothers working to improve
thehealthofwomen,children,youthandfamilies,includingthosewithspecialhealthcare needs. The annual conference allows for connuing educaon combined withnetworkingopportunies.
Healthy Start Attends the AMCHP Conference
Raynard Washington presents at the AMCHP Conference
Raynard Washington and Marlene Kolosky show o theirposter about infant massage at the AMCHP ConferenceScene at the AMCHP Conference
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(LtoR) MarleneKolo
sky,JanetWagner(B
oard
Member),AndreaKim
ple
JoanneWhiteandJaniceMaker(Board
Member)walktotheconeference
(LtoR)Thelm
aJackson,And
reaKimple,Yvo
nne
Rainey(Board
Member),Val
erieWheatley
(HealthyStart
BoardPresid
ent)
The PittsburghConsortia has 88
members while theFayette Consortia
has 34.
Dr.RobertL.Thompson,M.D.,(ViceChairof
Board)andformerBoardmemberWilfordA.Payne
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The NHSA Conference took placeMarch 11-14, 2012 at the HyaRegency Washington on CapitolHill in Washington, D.C. Comingo of the heels of celebrang20 years of Healthy Start, thisyears conference focused on
strategies to sustain the programforanother20yearsandbeyond.Theconferencefeaturedinnovaveworkshops,cungedgeresearchandprograms, exemplary speakers and anopportunitytoconnectandbrainstormwithold and new colleagues.
MitchCoates,JanetWagnerandDaynaJonesaer
meengwithU.S.RepMikeDoylesstafCherylSquire
Flint,Healthy
Start
Pisburgh/Fa
yeeExecuv
eDirector,
presentsatth
econference
National Healthy Start Conference
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Region 3 Consortia Meeting
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(L to R) Dhana N. King, Rae Ann Sims, CharmaineTyler, Danah Williams
The Region 3 Consorum (East End/Wilkinsburg
metonFebruary14,wheremuchofthefocuswas
on the up and coming Baby Shower. The group
went over the vendors that will be parcipangandalsotalkaboutvolunteersfortheshower.Six
newmemberswerewelcomedtotheconsorum
aswell.Tobecomeaconsoramember,callDayna
Jonesat412.247.4009.
Derrek Craig and LaShawn Tipton
Diana Lockridge and Danah WilliamsReverend Linda Oliver
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StrabiSmuS,morecommonlyknownascross-eyedorwall-eyed,isaneyemusclecondioninwhichone
orbotheyesmayturnin(esotropia),out(exotropia),
up(hypertropia)ordown(hypotropia).Theeyesare
notproperlyalignedanddonotfocusonanobject
together at
the same me.
One eye may
be turned all
of the me or
only some of
the me. Most
peoplewhohavestrabismusareusuallybornwithit
ordevelopitatanearlyage.However,someformsof
strabismusoccurlaterinlife.
SymptomS: Newborns oen have crossed eyes
tosomedegree dueto underdeveloped vision, but
thisusuallydisappearsbytheageof3to4months.
True strabismus does not disappear as the childgrows. If you think your child is showing signs of
truestrabismus,itisimportanttoseektheadviceof
an eye care professional. The earlier the detecon
andtreatment, thebeer thechilds vision willbe.
Symptomstowatchoutforinclude:Eyesthatappear
crossed,Eyesthatdonotaligninthesamedirecon,
Eyesthatdonotmovetogether,Doublevision,Vision
inonlyoneeye,withlossofdepthpercepon.
CauSeS:Strabismusiscausedbyaweakeyemuscle
or a weak signal from the nerve that controls the
eye muscle. Frequently, uncorrected farsightedness
andfocusingproblemsaretheunderlyingcausesof
strabismusinchildren.Somechildrenarebornwith
a defecve visual processing center in the brain.
Strabismusmayalsodevelopifachildisbornwitha
cataract.ItiscommonincondionssuchasDownssyndromeandcerebralpalsy.Bleedinginthebrain,a
braintumor,nervoussystemdisorders,diabetes,high
blood pressure, myasthenia gravis, thyroid disease
andseverevisionlosscanalsocausestrabismus.
DiagnoSiS: Besidesparents,apediatricianorfamily
doctorisoentherstpersontodetectstrabismus.
A baby whose eyes do not appear straight by the age
of3 to4 months should be examined. To properly
diagnose strabismus, a complete eye examinaon
mustbeperformedbyaneyedoctor.Earlydiagnosis
isveryimportant,assomeeyeturnsmaybearesult
ofaseriousmedicalcondion.Strabismusthatisnot
treatedearlyinachildslifemaycauseamblyopia(lazy
eye),acondioninwhichvisiondevelopspoorly.In
addion,thecosmecappearanceofstrabismusmay
causealackofself-esteem.
treatment: Strabismus cannot be outgrown.Treatment to straighten the eyes is required.
Treatmentwilldependonthetypeofstrabismusand
itscause:
Glassesmaybeprescribedtoimprovefocusingand
enable the eyes to straighten.
Patchingthegoodeyewillforceapaenttouse
theaectedeye.Patchingwillimprovethechancesof
normalvisiontodevelop.
Eyedropsmaybeusedtoblurthegoodeye,forcing
theaectedeyetobeused.(Thisachievesthesame
resultaspatching.)
Eyemusclesurgerymaybeanoponifnon-surgical
treatmentsdonotwork.
Some eye doctors may prescribe eye exercises
beforeoraersurgery
Crossed Eyes and Lazy EyesBy Dr. Jerome Gloster, MD, Pediatrician/Medical Director
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HealthyStart,Inc.issupportedinpartbyprojectCFDA#93.926EfromtheU.S.DepartmentofHealthandHumanServices,HealthResourcesandServices
Administraon,MaternalandChildHealthBureau(TitleV,SocialSecurityAct.)
Pisburgh/Allegheny
400N.LexingtonAvenuePisburgh,PA15208
Fayee/Westmoreland
1266PisburghStreetUniontown,PA15401
Phone:(412)247-4009Fx:(412)247-0187
Pisburgh Helpline:(412)247-1000
Fayee Helpline:(724)425-1799
Contribuons for Healthy Start, Inc. will be
accepted at the United Way using CODE 9282.
www.HealthyStartPisburgh.org
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ThemissionofHealthyStart,Inc.istofocusprimarilyonthereduconof
infantmortalityandlowbirthweightbabiesinSouthwesternPennsylvaniain
suchawayastomakevaluableuseofitsresources,preserveitsexibilityand
connuetooerseamlessserviceswiththeintentofimprovingthequalityof
lifeofinfants,toddlers,youths,siblings,parents,andgrandparents.