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Talk-Line: Lisa Wiggins on better birth outcomes · WIXN AM 1460 - Shaw Local Radio

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  Speaker 1: W'or a quarter past the hour. This is Monday. It's
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  Speaker 1: July fourteenth of twenty twenty five, at its time for
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  Speaker 1: another informational edition of Tukline here at WIXN Radio. Good morning,
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  Speaker 1: I'm Steve Manco. Time for I Buy month. We look
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  Speaker 1: at news and information from your Lee County Health Department.
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  Speaker 1: And to give us the information today, we call upon
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  Speaker 1: the director of Maternal and Child Health Services at the
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  Speaker 1: Lee County Health Department. She is a registered nurse. Her
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  Speaker 1: name is Lisa Wiggins, and she's live with us by
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  Speaker 1: telephone this morning here at wix and Lisa.
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  Speaker 2: Good morning, Good morning, see, nice to.
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  Speaker 1: Have you back with us, Thanks for joining us. This
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  Speaker 1: is our yearly review of Lisa's area, which is Maternal
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  Speaker 1: and Child Health Services at Lee County Health. But before
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  Speaker 1: we get to that, a little bit of an icebreaker, Lisa,
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  Speaker 1: how long with the Lee County Health Department?
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  Speaker 2: Now thirty one years?
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  Speaker 1: Good for you.
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  Speaker 2: Good for you.
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  Speaker 1: Over three decades of service with the Lee County Health Department.
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  Speaker 1: That's wonderful. That's great news. And Lisa, I'm sure that
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  Speaker 1: you've seen it all, you know, in your years of
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  Speaker 1: experience with the Lee County Health Department providing us with
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  Speaker 1: the the again education, the information and the experience from
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  Speaker 1: Lille County Health uponment that is wonderful. And Lisa as
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  Speaker 1: director of Maternal and Child Health Services, we're going to
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  Speaker 1: talk about your area this morning. And one area that
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  Speaker 1: you wanted to hone in on today is a change.
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  Speaker 1: We come to a close of a program, but the
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  Speaker 1: opening of a new program. So take us through from
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  Speaker 1: close to open in this format.
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  Speaker 2: Okay, well, we've had the family case Management program, So
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  Speaker 2: thirty one years ago we had what was called the
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  Speaker 2: Healthy Mom's Healthy Kids. Then it transitioned into Family Case Management.
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  Speaker 2: Now they close that completely and the program that kind
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  Speaker 2: of took over is totally different. It's called Better Birth
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  Speaker 2: Outcomes Comprehensive or BBOC. So this program the Illinois Department
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  Speaker 2: of Health Services Maternal and Child Health Division. They initially
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  Speaker 2: this program to help those people that are in need,
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  Speaker 2: that don't have a medical home, that need assistance. So
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  Speaker 2: they took the ages down so it's pregnant women, caregivers
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  Speaker 2: and then infants to the age of six months. It
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  Speaker 2: used to be up to a year before that with
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  Speaker 2: Healthy Family or Healthy Mom's Healthy Kids, that one was
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  Speaker 2: up to two years of age. So they've taken it
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  Speaker 2: down to the most important part where we can get
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  Speaker 2: these infants into a medical home. We want to make
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  Speaker 2: sure they're growing well. They have they have parenting skills
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  Speaker 2: that can help out with all their other children. So
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  Speaker 2: it's a really great program. So we have registered nurses
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  Speaker 2: here that will do complete assessments on them and then
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  Speaker 2: they'll be referred to services like housing, medical nutrition like
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  Speaker 2: our WICK program, family planning for birth control, community and
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  Speaker 2: personal health transportation. So just all kinds of services in
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  Speaker 2: the area, including those at the health department.
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  Speaker 1: Okay, and again, as you mentioned, Lisa, we're kind of
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  Speaker 1: dropping the age down with the introduction of this new area.
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  Speaker 1: It's called Better Birth Outcomes Comprehensive again through the Lee
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  Speaker 1: County Health Department. Is it active now, Lisa yees?
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  Speaker 2: So, Family Case Management closed that program June thirtieth across
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  Speaker 2: the state, and local health departments and other agencies throughout
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  Speaker 2: the state started Better Birth Outcomes or BBOC July first, Okay, Okay.
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  Speaker 1: So it's been in operation for just a couple of weeks.
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  Speaker 1: Then this new program just a couple of weeks, two
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  Speaker 1: weeks full of operation. It's called Better Birth Outcomes Comprehensive
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  Speaker 1: BBOC for short, as Lisa mentioned, and it sounds to
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  Speaker 1: me like again pinpointing a very important area again from
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  Speaker 1: pregnancy through early infancy is the spotlight. But it doesn't
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  Speaker 1: end there, right at least, I mean you know, even
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  Speaker 1: after you know you mentioned the age bracket of this,
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  Speaker 1: I mean it will carry on, right, I mean, care
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  Speaker 1: will carry on correct.
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  Speaker 2: Well. So a lot of the clients that are in
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  Speaker 2: the BBOC are also in our WIG programs or we
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  Speaker 2: see them in immunizations, but typically now we're closing them
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  Speaker 2: here at six months, or they could be in our
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  Speaker 2: LED program you know, we we do LED screening, right,
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  Speaker 2: we see them throughout all our other programs. Okay, so yeah,
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  Speaker 2: and then there they will be established with a medical
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  Speaker 2: home with a doctor's office that will will care for them.
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  Speaker 1: Okay, Okay. Now in this transition, I mean, are there
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  Speaker 1: are there things that you know, you know, new families,
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  Speaker 1: you know, those you know that are expecting need to
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  Speaker 1: do you know in this change with the Lee County
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  Speaker 1: Health depomit or does it automatically carry over? How does
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  Speaker 1: this work?
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  Speaker 2: Now? Okay? So some of our families still qualify. It
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  Speaker 2: is income based so that's kind of an important one.
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  Speaker 2: It's income based, just like our WIK programs. So yeah,
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  Speaker 2: some of our families will will still transition over. But
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  Speaker 2: say they come in for an immunization appointment or a
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  Speaker 2: wick appointment and we say, hey, would you like to
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  Speaker 2: be involved in BBOC program and explain the program to them,
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  Speaker 2: and hopefully they will be. I think it's a great
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  Speaker 2: educational program and a resource program, all.
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  Speaker 1: Right, And again it is offered to expecting families now
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  Speaker 1: through that early age, as Lisa talked about. It is
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  Speaker 1: called Better Birth Outcomes. It is offered through the Lee
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  Speaker 1: County Health Department. It is open for business. And again,
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  Speaker 1: as Lisa mentioned, many of the families already are familiar
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  Speaker 1: with it. But for those that are unfamiliar with it, obviously, Lisa,
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  Speaker 1: you wanted to contact Lee County Health.
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  Speaker 2: Right, that's right, Okay, please give us a call.
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  Speaker 1: Uh huh? And I mean will information go out Lisa,
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  Speaker 1: you know, through medical firms, hospitals things like that. I mean,
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  Speaker 1: how does how does this you know, kind of get
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  Speaker 1: around besides us obviously? Right?
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  Speaker 2: Right? Yes, Well, so, because it's such a new program
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  Speaker 2: and something different that the state has done, the Maternal
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  Speaker 2: child Health Division. They are working on flyers and like
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  Speaker 2: media posts, so we're waiting on that. And then yes,
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  Speaker 2: we'll be contacting the local physicians' offices and doing outreach
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  Speaker 2: at like events throughout the community.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, very good. So again, word will eventually spread, but
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  Speaker 1: we want to make the initial contact right now and
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  Speaker 1: get word out about this new program in order for
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  Speaker 1: those that may be directly involved and maybe, you know,
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  Speaker 1: in this month of July, you know what, more information
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  Speaker 1: about this brand new program. It's called Better Birth Outcomes
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  Speaker 1: Comprehensive it's BBOC for short, through the Lee County Health
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  Speaker 1: Department and again and it I guess kind of takes over.
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  Speaker 1: I don't want to say replaces the Family Case Management
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  Speaker 1: area because you know, there are carry on programs as
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  Speaker 1: Lisa mentioned through the Lee County Health Department, that will
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  Speaker 1: carry on. But this is the initial program and it
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  Speaker 1: sounds very exciting, Lisa, you know, to be kind of unfolding.
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  Speaker 1: This is it exciting? You know, you know it is?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I like change. You know, when we start a
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  Speaker 2: program years ago and you see that, you know, maybe
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  Speaker 2: these could be improved upon. And I think this is
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  Speaker 2: an improvement because there's so much out there now as
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  Speaker 2: far as family is getting involved in but thirty years
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  Speaker 2: ago we didn't have as much available and now we do.
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  Speaker 2: So that's why they change the age down to six
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  Speaker 2: months because most families, hopefully by six months, they know
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  Speaker 2: where they need to go, what services they need to get.
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  Speaker 1: And again guidance can be provided through this program through
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  Speaker 1: the Lee County Health Department, but it takes, obviously, I think,
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  Speaker 1: some initiative from the families themselves, then, right, Lisa, really
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  Speaker 1: to okay, okay to get involved in the program if
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  Speaker 1: you qualify for the program, and is Lisa mentioned there
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  Speaker 1: are qualifications stipulastil stipulizations. I guess that you that you
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  Speaker 1: need to go through in order to qualify for the
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  Speaker 1: Better Worth Outcome program. But again, uh, check with the
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  Speaker 1: Lee County Health Department and see if you qualify. The
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  Speaker 1: Lee County Health Department's Lisa Wiggins has that exciting information
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  Speaker 1: for us this morning here at WIX, and she's our
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  Speaker 1: guest on the talk line from the Lee County Health Department. Lisa,
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  Speaker 1: we are going to touch a little bit about Wick.
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  Speaker 1: You mentioned Wick before Women Infanted Children that's under your
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  Speaker 1: umbrella obviously continues to pace right that program is still
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  Speaker 1: in full force right through.
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  Speaker 2: Right, okay, correct, and that one is up to age five,
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  Speaker 2: So pregnant women, postpartum women, and children up to age five.
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  Speaker 2: That's our nutrition program, nutrition benefits, food vouchers, an EBT card,
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  Speaker 2: I should say, so, yes, that that has continued for
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  Speaker 2: years and years and it's a wonderful nutrition program.
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  Speaker 1: Are we still are we still seeing kind of a
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  Speaker 1: lack of recognition or a lack of response to this
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  Speaker 1: program at least because it is such a great program.
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  Speaker 1: I know that, you know, I know personally of you know,
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  Speaker 1: family members you know taking advantage of the whig program
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  Speaker 1: supplementing you know, the family with nutrition. But we've talked
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  Speaker 1: about it before that you know, again, either through you know,
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  Speaker 1: lack of information or maybe feeling that they're not qualified
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  Speaker 1: to receive this program, people are just not signing up.
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  Speaker 2: For it right right, And so we do outreach for
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  Speaker 2: that program also, and then we have like the residents
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  Speaker 2: come out to visit the Health Department and the new
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  Speaker 2: residents that are rotating through doctors so that they are
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  Speaker 2: aware of what we do at the Health department also
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  Speaker 2: because a lot of people aren't aware.
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  Speaker 1: So yeah, well it's and it's really you know, through
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  Speaker 1: the family practitioners, through those that you know are taking
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  Speaker 1: care of new family, you know, to get from the
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  Speaker 1: get go to give them the information, you know, and
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  Speaker 1: get them started. But I just got to I feel that,
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  Speaker 1: you know, either there's you know, just a kind of
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  Speaker 1: a oh, I'm I'm making too much or you know,
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  Speaker 1: I'm not you know, you know, things like that, that
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  Speaker 1: they're just kind of holding back from really taking advantage
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  Speaker 1: of a program which offers great supplements and great nutrition
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  Speaker 1: up until what age at least a week five yeah,
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  Speaker 1: five years old, you know, from from practically birth to five.
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  Speaker 1: You know, you can you could take advantage of the
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  Speaker 1: WIK program, the Women Infinite Children's Program through the Lea
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  Speaker 1: County Health Departments. So again getting word out about that
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  Speaker 1: today on wy Exam Lisa. July is an important month
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  Speaker 1: for immunization. It is National Immunization Awareness Month this month
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  Speaker 1: of July, and so we need to, I guess, get
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  Speaker 1: word out, you know, about the importance of getting your
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  Speaker 1: children immunized, especially going into a new school year.
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  Speaker 2: That's right, So school vaccination requirements are kindergarten pre school
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  Speaker 2: has some requirements. Also, sixth grade requirements for vaccinations and
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  Speaker 2: then going into your senior year. So please give us
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  Speaker 2: a call, don't wait till the last minute, and we
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  Speaker 2: can get these kids in and vaccinated.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah really, senior year, is that right? Senior year in
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  Speaker 1: high school? Yes?
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  Speaker 2: Really, yes, it's the second dose of the men in chicacle.
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  Speaker 1: Oh yes, okay, yep, yep, okay, yep, yep. All right,
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  Speaker 1: but it starts it in early as you mentioned, you know,
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  Speaker 1: just off to get go into school, and then the
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  Speaker 1: sixth grade and then seniors in high school need to
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  Speaker 1: be aware of immunizations through the state of Illinois. And
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  Speaker 1: if you don't get these immunizations, Lisa, they may hold
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  Speaker 1: you out of school, right, I mean this this is
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  Speaker 1: a posce you yeah. Yeah, So if you don't get
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  Speaker 1: the immunizations that you're required to get through the state
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  Speaker 1: of Illinois, you may be you know, not in class
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  Speaker 1: until you get these immunizations taken care of. So that's
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  Speaker 1: why Lisa wants to put out because it is through
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  Speaker 1: the Lee County Health Department that you can get these, right,
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  Speaker 1: I mean you can schedule appointments, that's right.
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  Speaker 2: Give us a call and we can get you scheduled.
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  Speaker 2: Don't wait till the last minute, because it's very difficult
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  Speaker 2: to just fit someone in. So we want the kids vaccinated.
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  Speaker 2: We don't want them missing their first few days of school.
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  Speaker 1: That's exactly right. And through high school registration now, or
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  Speaker 1: I should say through school registration, which is about ready
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  Speaker 1: to start, by the way, or has started, by the way,
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  Speaker 1: at least online. Do they direct you to the Lee
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  Speaker 1: County Health Department that'll ALEASA for these I.
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  Speaker 2: Believe they give information to doctors' offices, the health departments,
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  Speaker 2: but yep, they do.
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  Speaker 1: All right, it's important you have to have these immunizations.
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  Speaker 1: These students have to be immunized. You have to have
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  Speaker 1: these in order to continue on with your education through
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  Speaker 1: educational facilities here in the state of Illinois. Lisa, for
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  Speaker 1: information about the new program that you've talked about, the
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  Speaker 1: again Better Birth Outcomes Comprehensive program for the again with
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  Speaker 1: program information and for immunizations, how did they get ahold
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  Speaker 1: of you?
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  Speaker 2: I'm they can go ahead and call the Health department
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  Speaker 2: at eight one five to eight four three three seven
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  Speaker 2: one and ask for any of those services.
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  Speaker 1: Absolutely, and you'll be directed to the people in charge,
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  Speaker 1: including Lisa of again getting the job done and getting
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  Speaker 1: yourself started. We've got you covered pretty much from Berth
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  Speaker 1: the high School then morning with our information here at wixent.
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  Speaker 1: Important that we get this out, especially before school starts
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  Speaker 1: next month. Lisa Wiggins with the Lee County Health Department.
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  Speaker 1: Three decades of service. Over three decades of service. Thank
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  Speaker 1: you so very much man for joining us today. Appreciate
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  Speaker 1: all your information and we'll look forward to more down
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  Speaker 1: the line. Again, thank you for being our.
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  Speaker 2: Visitor today, and thank you for having me.
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  Speaker 1: Lisa Wiggins is the registered nurse and the director of
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  Speaker 1: Maternal and Child Services at the Lee County Health Deparmat
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  Speaker 1: our guest on the Monday morning talk line here at
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  Speaker 1: wix IN to Press we Go with Tim Lee at
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