Wellness on Wheels: Bringing Health Services to YOU
Wellness on Wheels is a new mobile unit initiative that brings community health services to underserved communities across South Dakota.
Services Offered
- Women, Infants, and Children supplemental nutrition program
- Available to income-eligible pregnant, postpartum women for 6 months, breastfeeding women for 1 year, infants, children under the age of 5
- Height, weight, hemoglobin, nutrition assessment
- Provide breastfeeding support and breast pumps
- Nutrition education and counseling
- Referrals to other community resources
- Available to any South Dakota pregnant or postpartum women and/or infants.
- Services are delivered by a nurse to improve outcomes that help support healthy pregnancies and families.
- Pregnant women will receive an initial risk assessment to help identify needs/social determinants of health to identify resources and educational needs.
- Monthly visits with a nurse that are supplemental to regular prenatal care with their health care provider.
- A nurse visit will be offered to postpartum women and/or infants that will be supplemental to a follow-up visit with their health care provider.
- Nurse Visits will include weight checks, blood pressure checks, health assessments, education, support, referrals to community resources, and communication with their healthcare provider as individual needs arise.
- Review vaccine records of patients
- Provide age-appropriate vaccines
- Educate families on vaccines
- Schedule follow-up vaccinations as necessary
- Children under the age of 6 years old will visit with a nurse to complete an Oral Health Risk Assessment
- The assessment will determine those children eligible to receive fluoride varnish to help reduce dental caries.
- Safe Sleep education will be provided to all pregnant/postpartum women and caregivers of infants based on the latest guidance by the American Academy of Pediatrics.
- A visit will be completed with a nurse to assess for a safe sleep environment and to provide education.
- Families without a safe sleep environment may be eligible to receive a pack-n-play.
- All pregnant and postpartum women are eligible for a depression screening with a nurse.
- The visit will consist of completing the screening tool(s), education, support, and referral to a provider if needed.
- All families with children 2 months – 60 months of age will be offered a parent-led screening tool(s) to complete to help promote early detection and identify normal development.
- The two screening tools offered are the Ages and Stages Questionnaires (ASQ), which help to capture developmental delays or disorders, and the Age and Stages Questionnaires: Social Emotional (ASQ-SE) which help to capture emotional and social competencies.
- STI/HIV Testing
- STI Treatment
- STI/HIV education and counseling
- Referrals to other community resources
Wellness on Wheels Informational Video
Learn about how Wellness on Wheels can bring healthcare to your community.
Take a Virtual Tour
Tour our new Wellness on Wheels mobile unit.
Contact
For more information, please email wellnessonwheels@state.sd.us
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