Wellness Wednesday on KOTZ Radio
Wellness Wednesday is a monthly radio show hosted on KOTZ Radio. Maniilaq employees discuss a variety of health topics specific to the Maniilaq service area.
March is National Nutrition Month and this year’s theme is “Eat Right, Bite by Bite”. We will discuss how every little bit (or bite!) of nutrition is a step in the right direction. Small goals/changes can have a positive effect on your health. Nutrition doesn’t have to be overwhelming.
Public Health Nursing will discuss the importance of the flu vaccine and the current status of the coronavirus. There are no cases of coronavirus in Alaska.
Kari Lundgren, PA-C, CAQ Psychiatry.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), public health professionals, and our practice recommend that everyone 6 months of age and older should get a flu vaccine every year. Flu vaccination can reduce flu illnesses, doctors’ visits, and missed work and school due to flu, as well as prevent serious flu complications that can result in hospitalization and even death.
Public Health Nursing staff will discuss:
-Benefits of flu vaccination
-Side effects of flu vaccine
-How the flu vaccine reduces your risk of flu
-and more!
BENEFITS:
Child-
- Establish healthy
- Encourage parent-child
- Promote optimal
- Promote social, emotional and mentalwell-being.
- Prevent infectious diseases and their
- Ensureyourchildhasahealthcareproviderwhoknowsthem
- Decrease mortality
Parents-
- Reinforce positive parenting
- Helps to detect any problems early and keeps them up-to-date on immunizations
- Provide counseling regarding age appropriate developmental and health
- Assist parents in locating professional
- It improves satisfaction among, parents and
Community/ Clinicians-
- Establishhealthybehaviorsduringchildhoodinsteadoftryingto change unhealthy behaviors during
- Ensureyourchildhasahealthcareproviderwhoknowsthem
- Increase the number of people rating their health as very good to excellent.
- Decrease mortality
- Preventinjury,violenceandsuicideandtheir
- Prevent substance use and its
- PreventHIV,STD’sandunintendedpregnanciesandtheir consequences.
- Preventandreduceunhealthybehaviorsthatcauseandexacerbate chronic
When should your child have a well-child checkup?
2 months; 4 months; 6 months; 9 months; 12 months;
15 months; 18 months; 24 months; 30 months Every year from age 3
Billy Jackson and Brittni Haan from Maniilaq Public Health Nursing will discuss 3 things you can do to fight the flu:
-Get yourself and your family vaccinated
-Take everyday preventive actions to help stop the spread of flu viruses.
-Take antiviral drugs prescribed by your doctor
Kari Lundgren,PA-C, CAQ Psychiatry, will discuss the two forms of winter and spring Seasonal Affective Disorder.
Track your fitness activity minutes and earn entries for a chance to win awesome prizes. Panel discussion on exercise varieties, by Terry Moran, M.S., R.N. MHC Diabetes Program Community Wellness Coach, Levi Gilbert, Maniilaq H.C. Intern, Annabelle Alvite, Community Volunteer and Paul Tallman,Kotzebue City Parks & Recreation Director.