| Fruits and Veggies More Matters |
|
Contact |
| Increasing
public awareness of the health benefits of fruits and
vegetables and informing the public about how to include
more servings into their daily eating patterns. |
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| Governor's Council on Fitness |
Web
Site |
Contact |
| Coordination of activities to
promote and support physical activity. Sponsorship of the Great Arkansas Workout (for
elementary school children), Out for Lunch and March into May (for worksite employees),
and the Governor’s Awards Luncheon (to recognize outstanding efforts). |
| R. Lee Crawford |
| 501-280-4915 |
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| HIV Medical Care |
Web
Site |
Contact |
| Provision of testing, counseling,
education, referral and partner notification assistance to patients; provision of funding
to community-based organizations in the medical management and case management of HIV
positive individuals. |
Kevin Dedner |
501-661-2408 |
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| HIV Screening |
Web
Site |
Contact |
| Collection of specimens used to
determine the presence of the virus that causes AIDS; provision of counseling education
and partner notification assistance to the patients. |
Kevin Dedner |
501-661-2408 |
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| Home
HealthFAQs |
Web
Site |
Contact |
Provision of services by
physicians’ orders to persons recovering from a serious illness in their home.
Services include: skilled nursing, physical and speech therapy, nurse aide, and medical
supplies.
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| Marilyn Evans |
| 501-661-2540 |
| Fax: 501-661-2975 |
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| Hospice |
Web
SiteFAQs |
Contact |
Providing
special caring hospice services through a Medicare certified,
state licensed program to patients who have a terminal illness in
their home. Hospice care is provided through a physician guided
interdisciplinary group of nurses, home health aides, social
workers, counselors, and volunteers to patients and their
families. The program also covers medications, medical equipment,
and provides bereavement to the family/caregiver after the patient
dies. Hospice is on-call 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
Related web site links are
Arkansas
State Hospice Association, National
Hospice and Palliative Care Organization, Hospice
Association of America and Hospice
Web. |
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| Immunization |
FAQs |
Contact |
| Immunizing
(particularly children) against varicella, diphtheria, tetanus,
pertussis, polio, measles, mumps, rubella, hepatitis A and B,
Haemophilus influenzae type b rotavirus, meningococcal and
pneumococcal disease; provision of information and education on
all vaccine preventable diseases, including information concerning
adult immunization.
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| Infant
Hearing Program |
Web
Site |
Contact |
| Data
collection and analysis of infants screened for hearing loss and
referral to primary care providers for follow-up, when applicable.
Coordination of
Arkansas
’
birthing hospitals’ Universal Newborn Hearing Screening (UNHS)
programs. |
|
Millie
Sanford |
| 501-280-4761 |
|
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| Licensed Lay Midwifery |
INFO.
|
Contact |
| Provision of prenatal, delivery
and postpartum services by licensed midwives. |
| Sharon Ashcraft |
| 501-661-2480 |
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| Maternity |
|
Contact |
| Provision
of prenatal and postpartum care including a medical, nutritional
and social assessment and case management. Education on pregnancy,
nutrition, labor and delivery, infant care, reproductive health
and parenting is also provided. High-risk women receive
nutritional and social consultation. |
| Sharon Ashcraft |
| 501-661-2480 |
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| Mother/Infant Program |
|
Contact |
Provision
of skilled home nursing visits for new mothers and infants to meet
their medical, social and nutritional needs.
Fax number: 501-661-2055
http://www.adhhomecare.org/maternal.htm |
| Dawn
Graziani |
| 501-661-2154 |
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| Newborn Screening |
Web
Site |
Contact |
| Collection and
analysis of newborn screening specimens for phenylketonuria (PKU), congenital
hypothyroidism, sickle cell diseases and galactosemia; reporting of test results;
follow-up on abnormal test results including retesting; counseling offered for families of
infants with positive trait results; provision of medical information on various genetic
diseases. |
|
Annette Arnold Program Nurse Manager
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| 501-280-4891 |
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