Healthy Parenting & Early Childhood Development
The prenatal period through the first five years of life are critically important to a child's healthy development and strongly influence success later in life. Healthy pregnancy, breastfeeding and healthy nutrition, parental mental well-being, safe nurturing environments and positive parenting are the most powerful influences on healthy child development.
Major initiatives
Public Health staff work with families to promote health and well-being. Public Health Nurses offer home visits to all families after a birth. They also provide support during pregnancy.
Families First offers home visiting supports to families with children, from pregnancy to school entry, supporting families to build a strong relationship with their child.
Imbedded in Families First, Towards Flourishing enhances the mental well-being of parents and children by introducing mental health promotion strategies for families.
Prenatal Connections provides support to pregnant people traveling from Nunavut and Churchill to give birth in Winnipeg.
Breastfeeding support groups take place five days a week in all community areas. Public Health Nurses and Public Health Dieticians are involved in Healthy Baby groups.
Healthy Parenting Winnipeg has been developed to ensure our clients have access to current and evidence informed advice and is a key tool supporting the Public Health Nurse Professional Practice Model. The Website provides universal information on a wide variety of parenting topics spanning the prenatal to pre-school years. HPW has created standardized messaging through work with local, provincial and national experts to ensure best practices are incorporated and information is accessible to all. https://healthyparentingwinnipeg.ca
Reports
Service Area Committees
WRHA Baby Friendly Initiative Community Committee Terms of Reference
Resources
Child Protection and Child Abuse Handbook
Child Protection and Child Abuse Reporting Fact Sheet
Pamphlet of Childbirth and Postpartum Resources June 2018
Feeding Healthy Term Infants Resource Manual
Manitoba Poverty Tool:
- Poverty Tool: Get your benefits!
- Poverty: A clinical tool for Primary Care in Manitoba
- Child Poverty: A practical tool for Primary Care
Mental Health Promotion - Perinatal Mental Health Resources
Practice Change for Discharging Newborns at Risk for Jaundice Handout
Service Delivery Standards
Families First Program Standards
Assessment and Management of Postpartum Hypertension for Public Health Nurses
Prenatal, Postpartum and Newborn Documentation Tools
Postpartum Nursing Care Pathway
Prenatal Evidence Informed Care Pathway
Newborn Postpartum Assessment Form
Prenatal Obstetrical History Form
Provincial Public Health Nursing Standards: Prenatal, Postpartum and Early Childhood
Provincial Public Health Nursing Standards: Prenatal, Postpartum and Early Childhood Webinar series:
Webinar 1 Background and Context: August 22, 2018 https://register.gotowebinar.com/recording/5835074516694776835
Webinar 2 Prenatal PHN Practice: August 29, 2018 https://register.gotowebinar.com/recording/1145353959176037122
Webinar 3 Newborn Postpartum PHN Practice: August 12, 2018 https://register.gotowebinar.com/recording/283986654811975170
Webinar 4 Documentation: September 19, 2018 https://register.gotowebinar.com/recording/5907000171305963521
Clinical Practice Guidelines
Operational Guideline for Collaborative Practice between Public Health Nurses and Midwives – Perinatal Services
Bereavement Practice Guidelines (updated 2014)
Breastfeeding Drop In and Support Handout
(English)
Your Home Breastfeeding Plan
Home Phototherapy Clinical Practice Guideline (Updated Oct 18, 2022)
Operating Guidelines
Newborn Screening in Manitoba: Information for Parents
Newborn Screening in Manitoba: Information for Health Care Providers
Operational guidelines for sphygmomanometers
Operating Guidelines for Supplementation with Artificial Baby Milk
Operational Guidelines for Use of Electronic Breast Pump and Pumping Kits