“Cha-may weeya ”
Medicine Talk
Siletz
Community
Diabetes Exercise Program
Applications Due in December
Program note: Participants
admitted to the program in October
who are meeting their attendance and
documentation requirements do not
need to submit a new application to
continue this program.
Applications will be accepted for
slots that remain open or
become open. Slots are
limited and sub
mitting an appli
cation does
guarantee ac
ceptance it
the program.
It’s to your advantage to complete
your application fully. Please see
application materials for program
details and our priority populations.
What To Do
Siletz: Application packets will be
available from front desk staff at the
Siletz Clinic during December. The
Siletz Clinic is open M/W/Th/F, 8 a.m.
to 5 p.m.; Tuesdays, 8 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Questions about your application
or the exercise program should be
addressed to Laura Bremner Duarte
or John Jasper. Front desk staff will
be unable to assist you.
Please hand-deliver or mail
completed applications to John Jasper,
RN, Siletz Clinic, P.O. Box 320, Siletz,
OR 97380.
Area offices: Application packets
will be available during December in
Portland, Salem, and Eugene through
Community Health staff. Please hand
deliver or mail applications to Cathy
Rasmussen, RN, CTSI Eugene A/O,
1140 Willagillespie Road, Ste. 18,
Eugene, OR 97401.
Mail by Dec. 20 to allow for heavy
Christmas postal traffic!
Whom to Contact
For any questions or concerns,
please call Laura Bremner Duarte at
541-444-9671 or John Jasper at
541-444-9611 for the Siletz area, or
Cathy Rasmussen at 541 -484-4234 for
the Portland, Salem, and Eugene areas.
They must receive applications by
Dec. 30 to consider them for January.
Applicants are responsible for
confirming that one of these staff
members has received their application.
Health
Clinic
Tooth Talk
by Linda Kreutzer, RDH
Help Your Child Have a Good Dental Visit
Prepare yourself: Think about your own visits to the dentist. Did you have a
bad or scary experience as a child? If so, don’t assume this will happen to your
child. If you have a positive attitude about going to the dentist, so will your child.
Things are different now. There’s no reason for dental treatment to hurt your
child. If your child is very young, he or she may be referred to a
specialist. Dentists who see only children are called pedodontists.
Before you go: Take your child to visit the dental
office ahead of time. Ask if you and your child can
look around and meet the dental staff.
Play dentist with your child. Use a flashlight
and count each other’s teeth. Read books to your
child about going to the dentist. Check a book
about going to the dentist out from the library.
What to say: Tell your child what will happen at
the dentist. If the visit is the first one, explain what a
checkup is. Tell him or her, “Today someone will take
pictures of your teeth with a special dentist camera. Then the
dentist will look at your teeth and tell you if they are healthy or
not so healthy.” If the dental visit is for a filling, you might say,
“Today the dentist is going to take the bad ‘germs’ out of your teeth and give you
a shiny new filling!”
It’s best to keep the explanation simple and be positive. Try to remember that
children take cues from you, so try not to appear nervous or frightened on the day
of the visit (even if you are!). Give your child a chance to form his or her own
opinion of the dentist. It just may surprise you to learn that your child had a good
dental experience after all!
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Begin accepting applications
Last day to receive hand>delivered or mailed applications
Acceptance/denial letters mailed
For those accepted, contract and “my starting point” document due
First day of exercise
12/02 i
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