Head Start Health Team

Provides health education and support, health screenings and fluoride varnish to preschool aged clients that are part of the Edmonton Head Start Program.

The AHS Head Start Health Team is a multidisciplinary team that partners with the Edmonton Head Start programs to provide:

• health promotion through educational in-services
• injury and illness prevention strategies
• chronic disease management
• health screening (includes vision, health and growth screening), interventions and referrals
• oral health strategies which includes fluoride varnish applications