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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 7, 1987)
Sacred Heart's prenatal clinic reaches out to city's poor By Stephanie Greenwood Emerald Contributor Sacred Heart General Hospital, in a joint effort with the !.anr County HeaTth Depart ment. recently opened a prenatal clinic to serve pregnant women who otherwise would not have access to prenatal care The clinic, which opened this summer, cares for pregnant women who don't qualify for Medicaid but fall below federal poverty levels — women who often are uninsured and have low-income jobs The .Sacred Heart clinic is located on ‘150 Patterson St., a few blocks from the main hospital While patients usually are sent to the main hospital for an amniocentesis or an ultrasound test, the clinic does have an ultrasound machine. According to Wendy Lang, nurse manager at the clinic, the patients are given a comlplete health assessment. "We take their blond pressure, do tests to ha sure that their kidneys are functioning properly, and test for diabetes.” I.ang said. In addition, the clinic pro vides diet and nutrition counseling, excercise programs and a series of prenatal classes to prepare for birth and parenthood Nurse midwivm care for pa tients during labor and delivery If complications should arise, physicians are on call Robin Krauss. a patient at the clinic who is due in December, said the clinic has her on a pro gram to stop smoking Krauss also is receiving nutri* tional guidance at the clinic, which she said has helped in her pruga nancy. "I wasn't gain mg weight," she said, "but now I am." According to a Sacred Heart brochure, eight out of every too births in lane County are to women who have received in adequate prenatal care Six out of every 100 babies have low birth weights at the time of delivery. A goal of the clinic is to reduce the incidence of low birth weight in newborns, which contributes to the majori ty of infant deaths in Lane County. ’ * According to I-ang, women seeking prenatal care must first contact Susan Kent of the lane County Health Department at 687-4013. After an assessment of need, the Health Department then will refer patients to the appropriate prenatal care pro vider. Payment is determined by a sliding scale according to the ability to pay. but nobody is denied care because they am unable to pay Et al. MEETINGS Study in Germany: an orien tation with slides will be held for students interested in study ing in Germany during 19B8-89 on Friday, Oct. 9. in Studio C of the Instructional Media Center at these times: 8:30. 10:30, 12:30 and 13:30. International Trade Ad ministration career oppor tunities available through paid internship program An infor mational meeting and 1TA representative will he in Cen tury Room F. KMU. Wednes day, Oct, 7. 3:30-4:30 p.m. University Pre-law Student Association will have a meeting on Wednesday, Oct. 7 at 4 p.m in J64 Oregon Hall. College Republicans will meet today at 5:30 p.m. in the “U OBookstorerr Electronics Fair This week Oct. 5-11 Featuring AIWA Audio Products 1 BIG BARGAINS • GREAT PRICES ' PORTABLE STEREOS AIWA CA-25 Portable Stereo • 2 wcy, dcuchabi* ipbakvn • & band giapbtc EO • AM/FM •(•(•o till 120.00 AIWA CA-W75 Portable Stereo • Doubt* d*ck • 5 band graphic EQ So?® Li*t 179 00 149.95 *IWa ( CSW300 " Portable Stereo • Doubt* cattail* • Vartabl* tound moniloi • Automatic l***l control • High >pa*d dubbing Uat M 00 CASSETTE DECKS AIWA AD-S10 Cassette Deck • Soil touch opoictiort • Dolby B end C NR • Bin* lino Kl|utl U»l 16S 00 Sate 119.95 AIWA AD-R30 Cassette Deck • Quick auto r«v«r»« • Dolby B and C NR • Biat lino adju*l list 180 00 159.95 AIWA ADR550U Cassette Deck • Quick !•»•!»• • Dolby NX Pro • Doubt* ciimIM Lit! 120.00 s# 239.95 COMPONENT SYSTEMS $o£e 449.95 U»l 1»» »5 AIWA CA DW95' Component System • Bum m compact disc • 5 bend graphic EO « Portable Utl 449 95 Sate 399.95 MORE Thu week tidy ELECTRONICS FAIR OCT 5-10 Limited to stock on hand. Mf t 30*40* M* 4JJt EMU Forum Room. Men Against Rape meets in Century Room F on Wednesday, Oct. 7, at 7 p.m. The Society of Professional Journalists will be holding its first meeting of the year Thurs day. Oct. 8, at 3:30 p.m. in 301A Allen Hall. INTERVIEWS The Southern Willamette Alliance invites its readers to share the adventure of produc ing a hioregional newspaper Contact Jeff at 484-1865 or 883-1699. Submit bids for Campus In lerviews on Monday Wednesday, 244 Hendricks Hall for the following recruiters: Oct. 19-20 Arthur Andersen and Co. Oct. 19 Black and Decker — Group Meeting: 1-2 p.m.. 101. EMU (Attendance required to interview). Oct. 19-20 Arthur Young and Co. (Staff accounting). Oct. 19 Meier and Frank open house. 10-3 p.m. Gerlinger Lounge. Oct. 1<» Soafirst Bank group meeting: 7-8 p.m., Chiles Center. Oct. 20-21 Cintas Corp Oct. 20 First Interstate Bank reception: (undergrads — bus only) 3-5 p.m., Chiles Center. Oct. 20 Osco Drug. Inc. Oct. 20 U S. National Securi ty Agency. Drop in 2-5 p.m., 10 4, D e a d y Hall (mathematicians). Oct. 21 National College of Naturopathic Medicine. Table at EMU 9:30-2 p.m. Oct. 22 Coopers and Lybrand Oct. 22 Deloitte, Haskins and Sells. (Staff accounting). Oct. 23 Battclle Northwest Laboratories (Computer science/researcher/developer/e ngineer). Oct. 23 K Mart Apparel.(Ap parel manager trainee) Group meeting: 7-8 p.m.. Cedar A. EMU. Oct. 23 Uarco. Inc. LECTURES Dr. |ohn Baldwin will con duct a seminar and present a slide show on "Environmental Education from Eugene to Moscow" on Wednesday, Oct. 7 at 4 p.m, in 106 Condon Hall. 5 reasons for lunch or dinner at Bubba’s 1 Bkj Charbvoiled Burgm 2 Thick Hour* made* Mails 3. Cool and Tasty Salads 4 Charbroikfd Ch»ckt*n Sand 5 You r*/ humpy try uh today Hubba * « 124V Mdn • 344 IVbO Often Ml 10 am 12 am Sal 11 am-12 am
