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Supporting families in a safe housing community by providing early parenting interventions and skill development while putting Christ's love into action.

Supports to help parents complete high school, enhance their parenting skills, and prepare them to enter the workforce

Learning - Promotes high school graduation * requires participants to regularly attend an educational program that leads to a high school diploma

Earning - Encourages participants to enter school co-op programs and well as part-time or summer employment

Parenting - Supports parents to become effective caregivers * provides list of available parenting programs

Participants in the program may be eligible for:

• financial assistance with school activities
• planned parenting activities
• subsidized child care
• transportation cost assistance
• $500 incentive upon graduation

Pre-natal, intrapartum, post-partum, neonatal, and pediatric care

• birthing rooms
• breastfeeding support
• special care nursery (for premature and sick infants)
• partnership with Infant Hearing Screening Program
• in-hospital visits with a public health nurse

Provides care throughout pregnancy, labour, delivery and postpartum * attends births at St Thomas Elgin General Hospital , and offers the choice to have a home birth

Sexual health clinic * health professionals test for and treat sexually transmitted infections * family planning services * confidential services * no health card required for many services

• birth control counseling
  
• access to low-cost or free birth control products
  
• emergency birth control (Plan B)
  
• pregnancy testing and counseling
  
• Pap test (for women without a primary care provider)
  
• testing and free treatment of sexually transmitted infections
  
• needle exchange program and deposit
• anonymous rapid HIV testing with on-the-spot results
• referrals for pregnancy options (prenatal care, adoption and abortion)

Health agency that addresses public health issues and promotes healthy living

Services include but are not limited to:

• immunization and screening for communicable diseases
• family and child health
• breastfeeding and infant care support
• dental health
• sexual health
• injury prevention
• environmental health
• physical activity
• public health standards enforcement
• research and population-based health research
• food safety

Prevents and controls disease * maintains, improves and promotes health through health education, consultation, advocacy, public policy development, legislation, mass communications, and community development

Emergency Preparedness - Organized plans to protect the health and safety of people in the case of a public hazard, or to limit damage to property or the environment

Smoking Cessation Program - One-on-one counseling with health promoters and public health nurses to develop a plan to assist smokers with quitting

Chronic Disease and Injury Prevention - Enhance wellbeing and reduce health risks, contributing to better population health * Support population health through local data collection, research, health literacy, community engagement strategies and good governance for health * Incorporate health in everyday settings * provide information, education, services, and resources on the prevention of chronic diseases and injuries.

Healthy Growth and Development - Provides Information, referrals and support on child and family health topics such as:

Infectious Diseases - Communicable disease control and infection prevention and control * monitors and follows up with reported cases and outbreaks of communicable diseases in both the community and in health care settings

Sexual Health Services - Sexual health clinic * health professionals test for and treat sexually transmitted infections * family planning services * confidential services * no health card required for many services

• birth control counseling
  
  Services and Programs:
  • Environmental Health
  • Needle Exchange and Harm Reduction Program
  • Oral Health Services
  • School Health
  • Smoke-Free Ontario Act Enforcement
  • Vaccine Preventable Diseases

Home visits and information for expectant parents and/or families with a child 0-6 years who may want extra support * voluntary participation

A public health nurse and parent resource worker support families with information on topics such as pregnancy, breastfeeding, postpartum depression, healthy eating, baby care, growth and development, immunizations and discipline

Online and in-person prenatal classes in Aylmer, St Thomas and Woodstock * information on breastfeeding, physical and emotional changes after birth, parenting and baby care, labour and birth * see website for specific class information

Please note that in-person classes are not available at this time due to COVID-19, online classes are still available

Breastfeeding support and assistance from a Public Heath Nurse * phone support, office visit, or home visit available

Medical fertility treatments and care * diagnostic testing

• ultrasound
• inseminations
• IVF, intracytoplasmic sperm injection
• fertility preservation, cryopreservation
• hysteroscopy
• minimally invasive gynecology
• general gynecology
• erectile and ejaculatory dysfunction
• men's reproductive health
  
  

Offers emergency shelter for up to 6 weeks for people and families who are at risk of or in a violent family situation * offers supports, outreach, referrals and advocacy * activities for children * assistance with goal planning and safety planning * year round workshop training and information sessions

Community-based service to support women during pregnancy and families with infants and young children

Support provided:

• Canadian Prenatal Nutrition Program (CPNP)
• breastfeeding education and support
• parenting program
• home visiting
• drop-in programs

Health centre focused on family and community health * health professionals assess and treat non-life-threatening injuries or illnesses * referrals to other local health services and personal development groups available on and off reserve

Community-led health teams develop programs to improve the social supports and conditions that affect long-term health * culturally appropriate programs and services for First Nations, combining traditional healing and Western medical practices

Community Diabetes Program - Promotes healthy living, diabetes prevention and self management through nutrition education and physical activity to community members of all ages

Community Health - Public health programs and services that involves health promotion, illness and injury prevention, and health maintenance

Home and Community Care Program - Supports for people with chronic and acute illness, disabilities * helps people remain independent in their own homes for as long as possible * culturally appropriate services for Aboriginals

Human Wellness Services - Promotes recovery and healing in safe environment * incorporates holistic and traditional cultural practices with contemporary western approaches * collaboration with community-based programs and external services * NNADAP counsellors

Maternal Child Health Program - Community-based service to support women during pregnancy and families with infants and young children

Medical Transportation - Assists and coordinates transportation to appointments and other health care services outside of the community

Mental Health - Community-based program, providing mental health programs and services

Assisted reproductive technologies including in vitro fertilization (IVF), intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI), third party reproduction, micro epididymal sperm aspiration (MESA), testicular sperm aspiration (TESA), embryo freezing, intrauterine insemination, donor insemination (frozen sperm), sperm banking, fertility preservation, egg freezing, research programs, surgery, outpatient clinics, one-on-one and couple therapy for infertility stress and adoption counselling

Early Pregnancy Assessment Unit

Affiliated with the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology and the University of Western Ontario

Family birthing centre

Preadmission consultation with a nurse to discuss birthing plan and medical history * birthing services include 24 hour obstetrical consultant coverage, co-operative arrangements with midwives, 24 hour infant rooming-in

Mother/Baby Care Unit - Post-delivery nursing care for mothers and their new babies * mothers and babies are kept together in same room whenever possible

Sibling Tours - For children 3-6 years old who are expecting a sibling * allows children to become familiar with the hospital and newborns * classes are held on Saturdays once a month from 10am-11am * no charge * call main number to book a tour

Home Safety Program - New parents provided with a safety checklist and nine-piece safety kit

Period of Purple Crying Education Program - Helps parents and caregivers understand the features of normal crying patterns in infants to prevent shaken baby syndrome

Pregnancy options counselling, therapeutic abortions, resource and community outreach speakers and educators

Dating ultrasound available on day of assessment with the nurse * must have medical confirmation of pregnancy to book ultrasound * if ultrasound has been done prior to booking, a copy of results must be brought to nursing assessment appointment

Obstetrical Self Referral Clinic - Prenatal care for women without a family doctor

Clinical consultants provide education and support best practice and standards of care for health care providers involved in the delivery of maternal newborn child and youth care in Southwestern Ontario * offers professional education and consultation services

Regional Perinatal Program - Perinatal Departments in Southwestern Ontario with continuing medical and nursing education related to the care of mothers and newborns

Regional Pediatric Program - Continuing medical and nursing education in relation to pediatric care

Outpatient medical and diagnostic interventions and treatments

Specialty clinics and services:

• Cystic Fibrosis
• developmental follow up clinic
• Diabetes
• endocrinology
• feeding and swallowing
• gastroenterology
• gynecology
• haematology and oncology
• healthy eating and activity program
• hemophilia
• infectious disease
• nephrology
• neurology
• pharmacology
• pre-admit services
• respirology
• rheumatology
• RSV
• surgery, including neurosurgery
• transplant

Cystic Fibrosis Paediatric Clinic - Care and support to children and youth with Cystic Fibrosis (CF), and their families * multidisciplinary team includes physicians, nurses, physiotherapists, social workers, dietitians, genetics counsellors, pulmonary function technicians and pharmacists

Developmental Follow-Up Clinic - Follow-up services for infants who have been in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) who were born at less than 1250 g or at high-risk

Diabetes Clinic - Diabetes education for children and adolescents

Endocrinology Clinic - Offers services for children and adolescents with conditions that affect their endocrine system

Gastroenterology, Transplant, Hepatology and Nutrition - Medical and nutrition services for conditions involving the stomach, intestines, liver, gallbladder and pancreas * liver and bowel transplants * Inflammatory Bowel Disease Clinic

Neurology Clinic - Provides interdisciplinary care to children with neurological conditions

Paediatric Nephrology and Hypertension - Clinical services for children with kidney disease, congenital renal abnormalities and hypertension, including:

42-bed, Level III care centre for premature, sick and at-risk newborns

• Developmental follow-up clinic, ext 66120
• Post-discharge infant nutrition clinic, ext 66120
• Fetal development clinic, ext 64946
• Paediatric and neonatal transport team

Genetic testing, assessment, counselling, treatment and screening programs for infants, children and youth and their families

General Genetics Clinic - Provides assessment and genetic counselling to families with infants and children who have birth defects and/or developmental delay or family history of a known or potential genetic disease

Inherited Metabolic Disorders - Specialized team offers intervention and treatment care to patients with inherited metabolic disorders and their families

Newborn Screening Program - Identifies newborns at risk of disorders that can lead to significant health concerns * newborns are screened for metabolic, endocrine and hematological conditions * screening is available to every newborn in Ontario

Midwifery services * includes prenatal care, labour and birth at home or hospital, postpartum care up to six weeks

Pregnancy care clinic run by all-female family physicians * prenatal, delivery, and postpartum care for low risk pregnancies * birth control counselling and IUD insertions

Prenatal and postnatal support for at-risk pregnant Aboriginal women and babies up to six months of age * holistic and culturally sensitive programming

Information, classes, food supplements, transportation, support, scheduled drop-in times and outings

Parent resource centre that offers education, information, support and outreach * drop-in playroom has staff-guided activities, one-on-one discussion and advice on parenting skills and child development

Resource and toy-lending library * parent education seminars and workshops for early years professionals

EarlyON Community Playgroups - Program for parents and children that allows participation in interactive early learning activities at many locations in London

Parent Connect - Phone, in-person, and email support for people with questions about parenting and children

Supports to help parents complete high school, enhance their parenting skills, and prepare them to enter the workforce

Learning - Promotes high school graduation * requires participants to regularly attend an educational program that leads to a high school diploma

Earning - Encourages participants to enter school co-op programs and well as part-time or summer employment

Parenting - Supports parents to become effective caregivers * provides list of available parenting programs

Participants in the program may be eligible for:

• financial assistance with school activities
• planned parenting activities
• subsidized child care
• transportation cost assistance
• $500 incentive upon graduation