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and maternal mortality and morbidity. This tool is intended to support primary care providers in discussions of health promotion and illness prevention strategies with all individuals of reproductive age. WYNI – When You Need It: Breastfeeding Information Wish you could be at your client’s side every time they’re breastfeeding? This new app developed by the Windsor Faculty of Nursing and the Windsor-Essex County Health Unit can help respond to breastfeeding mothers’ questions whenever they need answers. Offering information about sore nipples, latching, sleep duration and how to tell if baby is getting enough milk, the app features diagrams, pictures and videos to help make breastfeeding clear and simple. Using the app, parents can also track breastfeeds, wet and dirty diapers and height and weight. Resiliency Resources for Parents Now in French Reaching IN… Reaching OUT (RIRO), an organization that promotes resilience in adults and children, has recently worked with the Ottawa Public Health Department to translate many of its resources into French. The newly translated material includes handouts for parents that feature strategies for modeling resilience to children. RIRO has also translated the tip sheets and posters for its Resilience Activity Modules (RAM). The six modules were developed to help parents teach their children about six key inner strengths that are important for resilience. Access the handouts: Access the tip sheets: Getting started with… The Healthy Kids Strategy This concise 4-page document produced by HC-Link compiles key information regarding the Ontario government’s Healthy Kids panel. The panel comprises experts from a variety of sectors who are working to promote healthy weights for children. In the document, you will find a summary of the Healthy Kids Panel’s report, No Time to Wait: The Healthy Kids Strategy, which outlines the panel’s three primary recommendations for achieving healthy weights. The handout also includes summaries of HC-Link’s webinar series on the Healthy Kids Strategy, a list of key resources related to childhood obesity and physical activity, and organizations that support the work of the strategy. Temperament: Understanding your child’s unique personality (Available in French)