You can choose your own travel dates to any of these three countries.* TONGA – A 7-chair dental clinic has been set up on the LDS campus of Liahona High School (owned by LDS Church). Dr. Stephen Johns (dentist) and his wife, Sue, have been called on a 23-month mission as clinic directors of the Liahona Dental Clinic and arrived in September 2015. Another missionary couple will be needed to take their place when Johns leave in August 2017. The area would like to identify that couple at least 8 months before that date. We continue to need volunteer dentists to work in the clinic as there are always more patients needing help than can be treated by one dentist. In addition, there are three portable chairs and units that can be taken to outer islands if desired. Local volunteer dental assistants will be glad to assist you as well as translate when necessary. (Two or more weeks are required.) The Tongans are a very friendly people, welcoming and appreciative of all we do.
Most Tongans – teenage through middle-age — speak some English. Some of the older people and young children do not, but still enjoy your attention. A smile from you gains a friend always with the Tongan people. When housing is available, it is supplied for volunteers with no charge except for electricity. Check with us before plans are finalized. Spouses and children are also welcome. Housing for full-time missionaries is provided for Senior Mission Couples at the usual mission fee. *FOR MORE INFORMATION OR FOR HELP IN SCHEDULING YOUR TRIP, ARRANGING HOUSING , AIRPORT TRANSPORTATION, OR ARRANGING VISAS IN ANY OF THESE THREE COUNTRIES, PLEASE CONTACT:Phone: (home) 435-896-4347 or (cell) 435-896-7688 SAMOA (formerly known as Western Samoa) – Samoa has a modern four-chair clinic in Pesega on the LDS campus. Dr. George Spencer and his wife, Linda, have been called on an 18-month mission as Clinical Directors of the Pesega Clinic and arrived in February 2016.
Another missionary/dental couple will be needed when Spencers leave in June or July 2017. The Area would like to identify that couple about 8 months before that date. We continue to need volunteers to work in the Pesega clinic as there are always more patients needing help than can be treated by one dentist. The 4-chair clinic has plenty of space. There are also two portable units that can be used in remote locations. Housing can be arranged for a reasonable fee when dates are set. Spouses and children are welcome. The focus of Pesega Clinic is to process all prospective missionaries, maintain the oral health of full-time missionaries, and take care of the dental health needs of the students on campus as well as seeing dental patients from the surrounding area on a limited basis. Volunteers in Samoa need to plan on a minimum of a 60-day stay because of the cost and time needed to arrange licensure. KIRIBATI (previously known as the Gilbert Islands) — There is a one-chair clinic at the Moroni (LDS) High school.
Housing can be arranged on campus, if available. You will be working primarily with students from Moroni High School, Missionaries, and Prospective missionaries. You’ll have the spiritual treat of a lifetime. Spouses and children are welcome. *FOR MORE INFORMATION OR FOR HELP IN SCHEDULING YOUR TRIP, ARRANGING HOUSING , AIRPORT TRANSPORTATION, OR ARRANGING VISAS IN ANY OF THESE THREE COUNTRIES, PLEASE CONTACT:phone: (home) 435-896-4347 or (cell) 435-896-7688The abstract submission process has undergone important changes. It is now a one step process. You must submit a title and abstract to your Section Chair no later than September 30th, 2016. The submission forms can be found here. A list of 2016 Section Chairs can be found here. The poster size is 36 inch high x 42 inch wide and tri-fold mounting board, easel, and pins are provided. Posters must be put up between 7:30-8:30 and will be attended from 8:30 - 9:45. Oral presentations are 10 minutes, with 5 minutes for questions.
The section chair will provide a laptop and email instructions to all presenters to arrive 10-15 minutes early to the presentation location to load their presentations and check formatting.New parents often learn how to swaddle their infant from the nurses in the hospital. A blanket wrapped snuggly around your baby’s body can resemble the mother’s womb and help soothe your newborn baby. The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) says that when done correctly, swaddling can be an effective technique to help calm infants and promoteBut if you plan to swaddle your infant at home, you need to follow a few guidelines to make sure you are doing it safely. To reduce the risk of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome, or SIDS, it’s important to place your baby to sleep on his back, every time you put him to sleep. This may be even more important if your baby is swaddled. Some studies have shown an increased risk of SIDS and accidental suffocation when babies are swaddled if they are placed on their stomach to sleep, or if they roll onto their stomach, says Rachel Moon, MD, FAAP, chair of the task force that authored the
AAP’s safe sleep recommendations. “I would stop swaddling by age 2 months, before the baby intentionally starts to try to roll,” Dr. Moon says. “If babies are swaddled, they should be placed only on their back and monitored so they don’t accidentally roll over.”Parents should know that there are some risks to swaddling, Dr. Moon says. Swaddling may decrease a baby’s arousal, so that it’s harder for the baby to wake up. “That is why parents like swaddling – the baby sleeps longer and doesn’t wake up as easily,” she said. “But we know that decreased arousal can be a problem and may be one of the main reasons that babies die of SIDS.”The AAP recommends parents follow the safe sleep recommendations every time they place their baby to sleep for naps or at nighttime: How to Keep Your Sleeping Baby Safe: AAP Policy Explained for more information and tips. Babies who are swaddled too tightly may develop a problem with their hips. Studies have found that straightening and tightly wrapping a baby’s legs can lead to hip dislocation or
hip dysplasia, an abnormal formation of the hip joint where the top of the thigh bone is not held firmly in the socket of the hip. The Pediatric Orthopaedic Society of North America, with the AAP Section on Orthopaedics, promotes “hip-healthy swaddling” that allows the baby’s legs to bend up and out. Some child care centers may have a policy against swaddling infants in their care. This is because of the increased risks of SIDS or suffocation if the baby rolls over while swaddled, in addition to the other risks of overheating and hip dysplasia. “We recommend infants wait to enter a child care center until they are about three months old, and by then swaddling should have been phased out because the babies are more active and rolling,” said Danette Glassy, MD, FAAP, chair of the AAP Section on Early Education and Child Care and the AAP representative on a panel that wrote guidelines for child care providers. Caring for Our Children, National Health and Safety Performance Standards, which are jointly published by the National Resource Center for Health and Safety in Child Care and Early Education, the AAP and the American Public Health Association, do not ban swaddling in child care centers, but they say swaddling is not necessary or recommended.
As a result, some child care centers, and the states where they are located, are implementing more forceful recommendations against swaddling in child care settings.“Compared to a private home, where one or two people are caring for an infant, a child care center usually has a number of caregivers, who may have variations in their swaddling technique,” Dr. Glassy says. “This raises a concern because studies show babies who are not usually swaddled react differently when swaddled for the first time at this older age.” They may have a harder time waking up, which increases their risk of SIDS.“The difference in the advice for swaddling at home or the hospital nursery, versus in a child care center, really comes down to the age of the child and the setting,” Dr. Glassy says. “A newborn can be swaddled correctly and placed on his back in his crib at home, and it can help comfort and soothe him to sleep. When the child is older, in a new environment, with a different caregiver, he is learning to roll, and perhaps he hasn’t been swaddled before, swaddling becomes more challenging and risky.”