home safety

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Webinar: Nurturing Families to Create Safe Environments for Infants and Young Children

Safe sleep practices are proven to help reduce the risk of infant death. Home visitors are in a unique position to help families learn these practices, and this webinar explains how they can provide this education and support.

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Webinar: Bed Bugs: What Can Families Do? How Can Home Visitors Help?

Bed bug infestations appear to be growing more common, at least in Los Angeles County, where our First 5 LA-funded Family Strengthening Network home visiting programs serve families. Here is a webinar on bed bugs and what home visitors can do to help families eradicate these pests. Also included: fact sheets and other information that can be printed and distributed to families.

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MCHA’s ‘Welcome Baby’ Program Gets the Bugs Out

Dalia, in her third trimester of pregnancy, told her Welcome Baby home visitor that bed bugs had invaded her home, leaving the family with itchy, burning bites. Naturally, Dalia worried how the bed bugs might harm her newborn baby.

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