Prenatal Care Coordination (PNCC) helps pregnant women get the support and services they need to have a healthy baby.

71% increase in PNCC
clients in 2019

Safety

Safety is a core focus area for WCHD and the reason we are a part of the Safe Kids Fox Valley Coalition. To help assure access to safe environments, car seats and cribs are offered to persons in need. There are 6 certified car seat technicians that teach parents and guardians how to properly place car seats.

Increased car seat and crib distribution in 2019

WCHD supports facilities throughout the county that are interested in educating staff and adapting policy to become more breastfeeding friendly for their employees. In 2019, we began outreach to area businesses to promote our Breastfeeding Friendly Worksites program. Six daycare centers were also re-designated as Breastfeeding Friendly for a total of 12 centers in the county.

First Five Fox Valley

WCHD and community partners, including Valley Packaging Early Intervention Services, Oshkosh Area School District and UW Oshkosh Head Start came together to examine risk factors, data, trends and key measures in our community. This information will be used strategically with key stakeholders, funders and community partners to address gaps in testing and services and target our efforts to improve the lives of our youngest and most vulnerable citizens.

Check out the Winnebago County State of the Child Report.

Wisconsin’s Burden of Injury Report states that falls are the most common cause for injury in Winnebago County and our rates are higher than state averages.

In 2019, a Basic Needs Giving Partnership funded a community collaborative effort that aimed to understand how older adult falls in the Oshkosh area could be prevented. WCHD collaborated with Oshkosh area organizations to assess existing fall prevention resources, discover gaps and identify pilot projects that would have a greater impact on reducing falls.

Over 200 providers and members of the public attended a Finding Balance Together event that was held in cooperation with the Fall Prevention Coalition.

A collaboration of health care professionals, advocates and the community working collaboratively to assure evidence based self-management programs for health and well-being are available, accessible and referred to routinely in Winnebago County.

2019 Successes:

• Added Healthy Living with Chronic Pain and Powerful Tools for Caregiver classes.

• Offered a Healthy Living with Diabetes class to all employees of Neenah, Winneconne and Omro school districts through a grant with Wisconsin Education Association Trust.

• Added 15 new class leaders.

• New logo, vision and mission.

The Winnebago County Health Department is contracted by the Winnebago County/Oshkosh Housing Authority (HA) to provide services to residents in subsidized housing in our county. These services exist to assist residents in obtaining an optimal level of health and to help them remain in their independent living residence as long as possible. This valuable partnership has existed for over 25 years and allows residents to be productive, social members of society. Over 1,000 nurse visits were made to HA residents in 2019.

Home Visits

Another focus of the Promoting Health Aging team is preventing hospitalizations and unnecessary ER visits through nurse education, case management and medication management at home visits. Referrals come to public health when other resources have been exhausted. Public health nurses work one-on-one to understand the needs and assist clients to some resolution. WCHD nurses continue to take referrals for adult visits with primary needs related to mental health, management of chronic medical conditions and management of medications.

The Wisconsin Well Woman Program provides breast and cervical cancer screening to low income, uninsured or underinsured. The Winnebago County Health Department can help access th3is program for women in the following 9 counties: Calument, Green Lake, Fond du Lac, Marquette, Outagamie, Sheboygan, Waupaca, Waushara, and Winnebago.