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Talk Line: Lisa Wiggins talks immunizations at the Lee County Health Dept. · WIXN AM 1460 - Shaw Local Radio

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  Speaker 1: All right, Sock Valley, Welcome back to the Waking Crew
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  Speaker 1: here on FM ninety five one and AM fourteen sixty
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  Speaker 1: w I XN. It's eight fifteen on your Thursday morning,
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  Speaker 1: and you know what that means. It's time for talk
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  Speaker 1: line and I'm joined by our good friends from the
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  Speaker 1: Lee County Health Department. Lisa Wiggins is here this morning. Lisa,
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  Speaker 1: how are you.
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  Speaker 2: Oh, I'm good today this morning.
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  Speaker 1: How are you, Brandon, I'm very well. It is always
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  Speaker 1: climate controlled here in the booth, so never never a
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  Speaker 1: bad time here. But you know, speaking of time, and
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  Speaker 1: you know time of the year. School is getting ready
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  Speaker 1: to get back in session, and it's National Immunization Awareness Month,
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  Speaker 1: and these things just kind of go hand in hand.
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  Speaker 2: Yes they do. We started doing vaccinations already on school
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  Speaker 2: age children, so kindergarten age. Then we have the eleven
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  Speaker 2: to twelve year old for sixth grade, and then the
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  Speaker 2: juniors for their senior requirement.
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  Speaker 1: Okay, yeah, it's always an important thing. You know, These
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  Speaker 1: these things just always seem to sneak up on parents
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  Speaker 1: before they know it, and so it's a good time
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  Speaker 1: to get a jump start on this and get it
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  Speaker 1: taken care of before class starts.
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  Speaker 2: Yes, so we do offer vaccinations here. I mean you
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  Speaker 2: can go to any health department, any clinic and schedule
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  Speaker 2: an appointment, but definitely give us a call if you
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  Speaker 2: can't get in somewhere else that you normally would go,
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  Speaker 2: and we will be happy to help you. We offer
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  Speaker 2: clinics three days a week, but we certainly can make
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  Speaker 2: arrangements for other days or times that work for people.
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  Speaker 1: Absolutely, So early bird gets the worm, you know, get
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  Speaker 1: on that, don't let it get away. You also offer
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  Speaker 1: lead screenings, you know, and then there's wick as well.
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  Speaker 2: Yes, yes, so the lead screenings. Those have changed as
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  Speaker 2: of July. First, the state of Illinois went to universal testing,
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  Speaker 2: and that means that at twelve and twenty four months
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  Speaker 2: it's a requirement to get tested for lead. So in
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  Speaker 2: Dixon area, Lee County area we do twelve and twenty
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  Speaker 2: four months, Chicago area does twelve, twenty four and three
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  Speaker 2: years of age. So we do screenings here and then
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  Speaker 2: if for some reason it's high with just that little fingerstick,
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  Speaker 2: then we do send them to the doctor's office to
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  Speaker 2: have a blood draw, But initially it's just a little
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  Speaker 2: fingerstick to see if the screening comes back within normal,
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  Speaker 2: which is below three point five, then we don't have
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  Speaker 2: to test again until the twenty four months if they're
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  Speaker 2: twelve months. So I think it's a great change that
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  Speaker 2: Illinois did. Maybe not so good for the little ones
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  Speaker 2: getting their fingerstick, but it's it's great, Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: It's it's it's definitely worth it that, you know, early
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  Speaker 1: kind of detection to see if there's anything going on
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  Speaker 1: is definitely going to be you know, it's definitely worse
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  Speaker 1: worth the peace of mind to know everything is okay.
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  Speaker 2: Yes, yes, And I mean as far as our Wick
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  Speaker 2: farmers Market, we're very lucky in Lee County because we
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  Speaker 2: at the Wick Office can do farmers market because our
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  Speaker 2: Senior farmers Market is also up and running. In order
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  Speaker 2: to do the Wick part, you have to have the
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  Speaker 2: Senior farmers market. So if there are any seniors out
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  Speaker 2: there that would like to inquire about that, they can
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  Speaker 2: go ahead and call the Senior Center and Dixon they
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  Speaker 2: do offer those. I don't know the process for sign up,
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  Speaker 2: but here at the Lee County Health Department we do
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  Speaker 2: do Wick Farmers Market vouchers and they're thirty dollars to
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  Speaker 2: take to our local farmers. So it's a win win
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  Speaker 2: on both sides. Good food and then it helps the
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  Speaker 2: farmers out too.
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  Speaker 1: That is absolutely wonderful. The farmer's market here has only
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  Speaker 1: grown and gotten bigger, so that is really a very
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  Speaker 1: cool way to see that gets supported and it's you know,
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  Speaker 1: like as you say, it's a win win for everybody.
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  Speaker 1: They're getting great food and it's helping support these local farmers.
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  Speaker 2: Yes, yes, it's a good community event too. Get everybody
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  Speaker 2: out there.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah. Absolutely. Another program that you wanted to highlight was
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  Speaker 1: the Better Birth Outcomes Program.
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  Speaker 2: Yes, so we started that program. We sunseted the Family
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  Speaker 2: Case Management program which has been around for years and
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  Speaker 2: years last June thirtieth, and so Better Birth Outcomes started
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  Speaker 2: July first of last year, so it was kind of
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  Speaker 2: like a trial run for this full year. And what
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  Speaker 2: it is is it provides prenatal and parenting clients up
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  Speaker 2: to typically that baby is six months, with direct nursing assessments,
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  Speaker 2: assistants to connect and engage with like different services in
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  Speaker 2: the area, just to make sure that they have a
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  Speaker 2: medical home and they have all the services and assistance
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  Speaker 2: they need for a good start for that baby.
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  Speaker 1: Perfect. I love hearing anything that's got something to do
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  Speaker 1: with supporting the little one. So this is a fantastic program.
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  Speaker 1: If anybody wants more information on it, what's the best
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  Speaker 1: way to do that.
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  Speaker 2: Just call the Health Department at eight one, five two,
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  Speaker 2: eight four three three seven one and inquire about it.
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  Speaker 1: I love hearing that, Lisa. How long have you been
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  Speaker 1: with the Lee County Health Department?
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  Speaker 2: Oh? Goodness, thirty one years?
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  Speaker 1: Wonderful. What first led you there?
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  Speaker 2: Well, I moved to Illinois when I got married and
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  Speaker 2: a friend was in public health and she said, I
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  Speaker 2: think you would be a good fit. And you know what,
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  Speaker 2: I love my job. I love my job. So I
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  Speaker 2: started out as a public health nurse and then the
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  Speaker 2: last four years I moved into the director position. And
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  Speaker 2: it's great, it's great. Public health is amazing.
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  Speaker 1: Well, I love hearing that. I'm glad that you're you're
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  Speaker 1: here on the Illinois side helping us out. So I'm
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  Speaker 1: glad we were able to snag you over here. And
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  Speaker 1: it's just great hearing that people like yourself that have
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  Speaker 1: spent so much time dedicating themselves, you know, to the
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  Speaker 1: health of others. I'm glad to see you in this
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  Speaker 1: kind of a position. So thank you so much for
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  Speaker 1: all you're doing, Lisa, thank you. Is there anything else
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  Speaker 1: you wanted to highlight while we had a few.
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  Speaker 2: Minutes, No, I think I think we pretty much covered
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  Speaker 2: all of our programs. Again, if you have anyone has
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  Speaker 2: any questions about any of these programs, please give us
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  Speaker 2: a call. WICK is an income based program along with
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  Speaker 2: better birth Outcomes. But if you don't qualify for those programs,
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  Speaker 2: we can certainly set you in the right direction. So
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  Speaker 2: if there is more assistance in the community that is needed,
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  Speaker 2: we can help with that. Immunizations are you know, you
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  Speaker 2: can have insurance not insurance. We do have program with
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  Speaker 2: the immunizations that if you go ahead and you don't
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  Speaker 2: have insurance that covers vaccines, you can give us a
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  Speaker 2: call and those vaccines are free, so just a administration charge.
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  Speaker 1: So okay, Well, there you go, folks. All you got
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  Speaker 1: to do is give them a call. There's so many
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  Speaker 1: wonderful programs that are there for you to take advantage of.
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  Speaker 1: You just got to give them a call find out
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  Speaker 1: you know what will help benefit you. Again, Lisa, thank
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  Speaker 1: you so much for not only coming on the show
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  Speaker 1: and sharing all this information, but for all the fine
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  Speaker 1: work that you and everyone over there is doing. We
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  Speaker 1: really appreciate it.
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  Speaker 2: Thank you so much, Brandon,