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| The Community Health & Dietetic
Services program promotes healthy living habits and enhances disease
recovery through nutrition and health intervention. Specifically this
division accomplishes its goals through the following programs at several
satellite offices:
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BEST
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(Breast-feeding
Education Support Team) A breastfeeding support
program funded by Pima County. |
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Service:
Community Health & Dietetic Service Staff develop and teach
classes to pregnant women and provide individual counseling
to breastfeeding moms in an effort to help low-income women
reach their individual, personal breastfeeding goals. |
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FOOD Plus or CSFP
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(Commodity
Supplemental
Food Program)
- A supplemental food program federally funded through USDA. |
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Service: FOODPlus is
a federal nutritional program serving low-income families during
critical periods of growth and development. Income eligible
persons who are not on WIC; specifically pregnant women, new
moms up to one-year post partum, children up to six years of
age, and seniors over 60 years of age, receive monthly allotments
of nutrient rich food. |
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Heartlife (a.k.a. PLAY)
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Physical activity education program rogram
federally funded through Preventive Health and Health Services
Block Grant funding |
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Service: Community Health & Dietetic
Service Staff coordinate a public health campaign targeting
low-income, minority 4th through 6th graders and their families,
with physical activity programs. Staff work with teachers (through
"train the trainer" programs) and students to incorporate
15-30 minutes of physical activity into the daily routine. Community
promotions are also conducted. Information related to tobacco
prevention is distributed at events. |
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WIC (Women,
Infants & Children
Program)
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Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for
Women Infants & Children. A supplemental food and nutrition
education program federally funded through USDA. |
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Service: Community Health & Dietetic
Staff determine individual nutritional risks, monitor growth,
issue food drafts, provide nutrition education through group
or individual appointments, and provide referrals to community
agencies. Clients include low-income pregnant women, new mothers,
infants and children up to 5 years old who have a health risk.
Information for getting started
with WIC & FOOD Plus. |
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Well Woman HealthCheck
(WWHC)
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Service: The Well Woman HealthCheck Program provides
breast and cervical cancer screening. Through a network of local providers and
Health Department clinicians, WWHC serves under or uninsured women, age 50 and
older. Also served, regardless of the woman's age, are women with symptoms of
these cancers and women who have had tubal ligations. |
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Folate Program
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Service: The Folate Program encourages
low-income, childbearing women to consume this B-vitamin on
a regular basis. In doing so, these women significantly reduce
their incidence of neural tube birth defects (e.g. spina bifida).
To assure these women achieve this goal, Folate staff provides
them with multivitamins containing folic acid. |
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AZ Farmer’s Market Nutrition
Program
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Service: The AZ Farmer’s Market
provides low-income families with coupons redeemable through
local farmer’s markets in our community. Families use
these coupons to purchase fresh fruit and vegetables. |
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