Belfast Public Health Nursing

In addition to the duties listed below, the Belfast Public Health Nursing Program has assisted Waldo County General Hospital in providing 2,740 seasonal or H1N1 flu shots to school children throughout Waldo County.

Diane Whitten, RN

Who are some of the people that were helped during the past year?

• Community members, teachers, city employees and business employees who were vaccinated.

• Every new mother and baby in Belfast was offered a home visit including an assessment of the newborn’s growth and parenting resources.

• Babies, born with their mother’s drug addiction who go through withdrawal during their first weeks in the world, were visited and monitored.

• Families who needed clothing, food and diapers.

• People at the local Soup Kitchen received blood pressure checks, diabetes education and smoking cessation materials twice a month.

• Families who had personal or environmental hygiene problems such as lice and bed bugs.

• Elderly people who did not quality for home services, but needed help organizing their medications, were afraid to take a bath on their own or needed foot care.

• A homeless veteran who needed shelter and medical services.

Belfast Public Health Nursing is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit corporation located at 119 Northport Avenue, Belfast.

Telephone: 207-338-3368