The Pediatric Health Improvement Coalition of the TN Valley

With funding from a grant provided by Building Strong Brains Tennessee, WCTE PBS has produced and released a video series on Adverse Childhood Experiences, their affect on brain development, impact on our community, and initiatives and solutions to overcome these experiences.

Watch the 6-episode series here.

http://video.wcte.tv/show/adverse-childhood-experiences-public-health-issue-building-strong-brains-tennessee/episodes/

Adverse Childhood Experiences: A Public Health Issue - Building Strong Brains Tennessee | Watch Online | WCTE Upper Cumberland PBS Video

Today is the day! Help PHIC create new ways for children to get access to health - like our new telemedicine clinics in schools. Please join and donate at goo.gl/URhB2o!

From the PHIC family to yours, we wish you a Thanksgiving full of joy and gratitude!

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We are so grateful to be working with Hamilton County Schools and creating opportunities for healthy students every day! We had a great time with the kids learning about telemedicine and how it can help them if they are sick in school. Help us keep this going this .

is a global day of giving. Everyone, everywhere can participate! Check out how Chattanooga is getting involved at www.chagives.org!

Bedtime Basics: Nursery rhymes and lullabies are not only soothing but support your child’s early language development.

Planning to watch the solar eclipse on Monday? Here are some tips for watching it with your kids - how to keep them safe and how to talk to them about what's happening!

How to watch the solar eclipse with your children

Take a moment to take our school-based health clinic survey for a chance to win a $100 Amazon gift card!

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The Pediatric Health Improvement Coalition is proud to support Renovate Rivermont Elementary School by sponsoring the nurse's clinic this year. We spent the weekend getting the clinic ready for students. Our Board Vice Chair, Jason Hill spent the morning moving boxes and sanding furniture. And check out David Sharpe trying to climb the wall while painting. Our CEO, Darcy Knowles, ended the day covered in paint.

What is health equity? Simply put, “health equity means that everyone has a fair and just opportunity to be healthier. This requires removing obstacles to health such as poverty, discrimination, and their consequences, including powerlessness and lack of access to good jobs with fair pay, quality education and housing, safe environments, and health care.”

http://www.rwjf.org/en/library/research/2017/04/what-is-health-equity-.html?cid=xsh_rwjf_tw

What Is Health Equity? This RWJF report defines health equity and identifies crucial elements to guide effective action to reduce disparities in health status.

Dr. R Allen Coffman spoke about the impact of traumatic early childhood experiences on Monday as a part of the ACES Summit with guest speaker Dr. Pat Levitt.

Traumatic early childhood experiences can shape children for life We learn how to be good — or bad — at a very early age, and any effort to improve public education, reduce crime or improve health care must begin almost at birth.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2017/04/04/what-many-americans-get-wrong-about-food-stamps-according-to-an-economist/?utm_term=.be4a6f476850

Analysis | What Americans get wrong about food stamps, according to an expert who’s spent 20 years researching them An expert debunks some of the most common myths about SNAP

The Pediatric Health Improvement Coalition had a great time at the third annual Everyone East Lake Festival. Thanks so much to Councilman Chris Anderson and Lisa Davis from the East Lake Neighborhood Association for their support!

Teens delay seeking treatment for STDs and STD complications because of concern that it will show up on billing reports to parents. It is important to consider confidentiality in teens and young adults on parents' insurance plans. It also important for parents to talk through the importance of getting grown-up care as they start to take on grown-up activity.

https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/66/wr/mm6609a1.htm?s_cid=mm6609a1_e

Confidentiality Issues and Use of Sexually Transmitted Disease ... National-level data are limited regarding confidentiality-related issues and the use of sexually transmitted disease (STD) services for adolescents and young adults.

PHIC in Cincinnati at Cincinnati Children's to meet with Dr Steve North from NC Rural Telemedicine and the Cincinnati Children's Telemedicine group to talk about sustainability, function and effective school based care delivery.

The CEO of YWCA Kalamazoo says “In 30 years we don’t want to be talking about infant mortality in Kalamazoo.” Grace Lubwama says Cradle Kalamazoo will include a new hotline to help connect pregnant women to resources. http://wmuk.org/post/wsw-infant-mortality-poverty-and-race

WSW: Infant Mortality, Poverty And Race The CEO of YWCA Kalamazoo says “In 30 years we don’t want to be talking about infant mortality in Kalamazoo.” Grace Lubwama says Cradle Kalamazoo will

Tickets for our fundraiser and film premiere from 5-7pm at the Waterhouse Pavilion will be available at the door. See you all there!

A big thanks to all of our sponsors Highland Pediatric Clinic, Anonymous Honoring our School Nurses, Fox & Fern, Children's Hospital at Erlanger, Lift1428, Bluecross Blueshield Of Tennessee - Corporate Headquaters, and Councilman Chris Anderson.

Our long time community partner, Lift1428 is a Bronze sponsor for our event tonight. Lift1428 specializes in human-centered design for healthcare marketing and were the creators of our documentary, We Are in This, to be premiered tonight.

Check out their page Lift1428 and their website http://www.lift1428.com/. We appreciate their ongoing support and look forward to many successful future collaborations!

Our Gold Sponsor for our fundraiser and film premiere is Highland Pediatric Clinic. Their fantastic pediatricians do amazing work to keep Chattanooga's kids healthy! We wouldn't be putting on this event without their support.

Get your ticket now at https://www.facebook.com/events/1986248811602812/

Elisabeth Stubblefield is our awesome school nurse at the East Side Elementary telemedicine clinic! She spent the evening educating parents about telemedicine resources at their school and getting their kids signed up!

Koreyon Redding is already a master a using a spirometer at 7 years old. He works with his pediatrician, Dr. Willie Mae Hubbard so that he can understand his asthma, knows what medications he is on, and can manage his symptoms. He is a perfect example of why we were so happy to provide spirometers to Family Health Services, LifeSpring Community Health, and the Vance-Stafford General Pediatric Clinic! Way to go Koreyon!

http://www.timesfreepress.com/news/local/story/2017/feb/05/new-coalitifights-asthmattacks-schools/411263/

New coalition fights asthma attacks in schools [video] The staff at the health center had been training for several days on how to use their new spirometer, a $1,000 handheld device that measures a patient's lung capacity.

I can't wait to see our centerpieces by Silver sponsor Fox & Fern! They are going to be one of the highlights of the event! Get your ticket soon since tickets are going fast... Check out her website at https://www.foxandfernstyle.com/

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With only 5 days until our first annual fundraising gala and film premiere, we want to thank Children's Hospital at Erlanger for supporting PHIC as a Silver level sponsor! Get your tickets today, and join us this Saturday at Waterhouse Pavilion.

https://www.facebook.com/events/1986248811602812/

Check out this video from the Chattanooga Times Free Press! Dr. Willie Mae Hubbard and her staff practice with their new spirometer granted to them from the The Pediatric Health Improvement Coalition of the TN Valley!

Family Health Center staff learns how to use a spirometer Sales rep Matt Moses demonstrates how to use a spirometer to Dr. Willie Mae Hubbard and staff at the Family Health Center. A spirometer is used to measure a ...

"I think the community would do great to build parents up. The most important thing to me is not straight As, it isn't perfection: it's a happy and productive child." --Rosemary

Come hear more insights from our community around health at the The Pediatric Health Improvement Coalition of the TN Valley's fundraiser on February 11! Tickets available at https://www.facebook.com/events/1986248811602812/

Sevier County's successful telemedicine program has reduced student absences and improved grades in the eight years it has been there. "84 percent of the students treated via telehealth remain in school, and the rest are given treatment that might take two or three days without telehealth. This means a quicker diagnosis, quicker treatment and less time spent out of school." The program has even saved a life! They have recently begun offering counseling services and are planning to start diet and nutrition counseling next.

Read more about how this service has helped students in Sevier County and then contact us to make telemedicine a success in Hamilton County Schools too!

http://mhealthintelligence.com/news/how-one-school-district-aces-the-telehealth-test

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"I just don't feel like there is a comprehensive group, or business or nonprofit that has everything you need. Who is the best doctor? What do you do when you can't get your meds? . . . What are the best schools? Those types of things. I don't know where to go." --Marquita

Come hear more insights from our community around health at the The Pediatric Health Improvement Coalition of the TN Valley's fundraiser on February 11! Tickets available at https://www.facebook.com/events/1986248811602812/

I was so happy yesterday to be able to provide spirometers to some of Chattanooga's most trusted pediatricians. With these spirometers, Dr. Willa Mae Hubbard at Pediatric Health Care Associates, Dr. Michele Pickett at LifeSpring Pediatrics, and Dr. Karla Garcia at the Vance-Stafford General Pediatric Center will be able to expand the asthma care they provide for their patients. These pediatricians work every day to serve the needs of Chattanooga's most vulnerable children. It is a privilege to work with them!

"I myself--singular, as one person--can maybe only affect one other person. But if we work together, we can affect a mass of people." --Candice

Come hear more insights from our community around health at the The Pediatric Health Improvement Coalition of the TN Valley's fundraiser on February 11! Tickets available at https://www.facebook.com/events/1986248811602812/