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Health Education at Sstarbirth

Health Education at Sstarbirth. Student Presenters: Karen Browning Lauren Goddard. The Sstarbirth Program. Live-in facility for women recovering from chemical dependency during pregnancy and post-partum period

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Health Education at Sstarbirth

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  1. Health Education at Sstarbirth Student Presenters: Karen Browning Lauren Goddard

  2. The Sstarbirth Program • Live-in facility for women recovering from chemical dependency during pregnancy and post-partum period • Program of Stanley Street Treatment and Resources (SSTAR), a non-profit health care and social service agency funded primarily by the State of RI • Up to 14 women stay a minimum of 9-12 months. • Program mission: “…to improve the physical health and reduce substance abuse among mothers and children to promotesafe and healthy pregnancies, improve family functioning and to reunite families.”

  3. Our Goals • Conduct six workshops on health-related topics of the women’s choosing • Increase their knowledge of covered health topics and their capacity for self-care to aid continued success in recovery • Gain a personal understanding of issues affecting women and mothers with chemical dependency.

  4. The Workshops: 1.Child Development • Milestones • Growth charts • Common developmental concerns • How to interact with children to meet their developmental needs 2. Child Health 101 • First aid • Common childhood illnesses • When to go to the doctor • Vaccines • Child-proofing the home

  5. 4. Post-partum Depression • PP depression vs. baby blues • PHQ-9 and Edinburgh • Risks for patients with history of major depression, bipolar disorder • Signs and symptoms • Treatment options 3. Post-partum Nutrition • Eat a rainbow! • Quick, tasty, inexpensive ideas for cooking at home • Instilling healthy eating habits in children early • Serving sizes • Breast-feeding • Losing the “baby fat”

  6. 5. Stress Reduction • Importance of stress management in recovery (and motherhood!) • Healthy ways to handle stress • Deep breathing • Fun stress-relief stations: smoothies & crib-mobile-crafting • 6. Smoking Cessation • Assessing readiness to quit and making plans • Medical treatment options • Applying stress management techniques to smoking cessation • Health and financial benefits of quitting

  7. What We Learned • Treat the patient as an individual, not a stereotype • The best “lecture” is a conversation • It will be difficult to conduct patient education as doctors, when time is limited—how to do this effectively? • How to meet the patient “where they are” • Patient education can be a lot of fun!

  8. Thank you AHEC!

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