Category Archives: Health

Help Wanted: Community Health Survey

About 400 South Milwaukee residents are being be asked to take part in a community health survey, our Health Department reports.

From the press release:

The South Milwaukee Health Department, Aurora Health Care, Froedtert Health, Children’s Hospital and Health System, Columbia St. Mary’s, Wheaton Franciscan Healthcare, and the Center for Urban Population Health Research are working in partnership to conduct a community health survey. The effort will supplement a prior community health assessment conducted three years earlier with updated data and the ability to analyze trends over time.

The survey will provide valuable data for continued evaluation of community needs and help guide government, not-for-profit, and volunteer organizations as they fashion services to meet the most pressing needs of the community. It will be conducted between now and mid -October.

About 400 area residents will be interviewed by telephone.

“I would encourage all residents of South Milwaukee to help us with this research,” said Jacqueline Ove, City of South Milwaukee Public Health Administrator, “If you are among those who receive a phone call, please take the time to answer the survey questions.”

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Second Parenting Focus Group Planned

The South Milwaukee Health Department is holding another focus group aimed at “looking at ways we can support the parents and future parents in our South Milwaukee community.”

It’s from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 5, at the South Milwaukee Library. Learn more in this flyer.

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Health Department Plans “Positive Parenting” Focus Group

The South Milwaukee Health Department is holding a focus group on “positive parenting” on Monday Oct. 1.

The event is from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Health Department inside City Hall.

See a flyer here. From it:

All you have to do is come and discuss promoting positive parenting in South Milwaukee. Bring your thoughts and ideas. ANY resident is welcome to participate.

Please spread the word!

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South Milwaukee Health Department Offers Flu Clinics

The South Milwaukee Health Department is offering walk-in flu clinics every Thursday from 2 to 4 p.m.

Cost of the shot for adults over age 18 is $28. Kids who live in South Milwaukee are free.

Pneumonia shots are also available. No appointment is necessary.

Learn more here, or call the department at 768-8055.

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Clarifying Composting And Other Recent Ordinance Changes

You may recall that the South Milwaukee City Council, at the request of the Health Department, passed several ordinances at its May 1 meeting related to composting and animal control.

See my previous post here.

The Health Department further explains them in this letter, including specifically laying out what is and isn’t allowed in a compost pile.

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Whooping Cough Update: Six Confirmed Cases In South Milwaukee … And Some Advice From The Health Department

The South Milwaukee Health Department is reporting six confirmed cases of whooping cough since March … and is urging parents to be vigilant about pertussis symptoms.

That number also continues to rise, along with numbers across the state, according to Public Health Administrator Jacqueline Ove.

Here is her message: If you suspect your child has whooping cough, take him or her to the doctor, and work to ensure that the doctor tests for the illness. If the test comes back positive, treat with antibiotics. Additionally, those in the ill person’s household and those who had close contact with him or her should also be treated with antibiotics.

Those with symptoms should also stay home from school or work.

Learn more about whooping cough symptoms in this note sent to South Milwaukee Middle School student families last week. One of the confirmed cases involves a middle school student.

Also, keep in mind that because we have children who attend our local schools and daycares from outside of South Milwaukee, all of the local cases may not live in the city. That requires a lot of coordination with other communities, as these large outbreaks do not know jurisdictional boundaries.

Our Health Department is up for the challenge. I’ll keep you posted.

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