Child Health
Clinics Continue in
Child Health Clinics were held across Renfrew County & District throughout 2005. The clinics offered health information, childhood immunizations, and consultations or screenings related to growth and development, dental health and speech.
From
January to December 2005, 83 Child Health Clinics were
held.
·
1051
children attended;
·
319
received immunization;
·
576
were assessed for growth and development;
·
330
were screened by a Dental Hygienist;
·
72
were screened by a Speech & Language Pathologist;
·
414
families attended the parenting information sessions (Family Circle). They
received information on the following topics:
o
Parent-child
attachment
o
Toilet
training
o
Car
seat safety
o
Prevention
of childhood injuries
o
Healthy
sexuality
o
Childhood
nutrition
o
Preventing
childhood infections
o
Speech
and language development
o
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