Hastings Prince Edward Public Health
CARELine - 613-966-5500 ext. 223
1-800-267-2803 ext. 223
Text: 450-990-5551
TTY 613-966-3036 ext. 223
This Raising Healthy Kids Facebook page is an initiative to offer residents of Hastings and Prince Edward counties an interactive way to communicate with staff here at Public Health. Our team is made up of Public Health Nurses and Health Promoters. Please join us in discussions and ask your questions about raising healthy kids, we'll be happy to share information and connect you with local programs and services.
Our goal is to provide you with current information about:
* healthy pregnancy,
* prenatal education,
* infant feeding,
* breastfeeding,
* child growth and development,
* positive parenting, etc.
We will also provide information about the programs and services at your local Public Health office and connect you with other local community resources.
For more information about this page or any questions please call or text our Child Health CARELine. Please note all enquiries are answered between the hours of 8:30 am and 4:00 pm, Monday through Friday, excluding holidays:
613-966-5500 ext. 223
1-800-267-2803 ext. 223
Text: 450-990-5551
TTY: 613-966-3036 ext. 223
Disclaimer
We welcome you to the Hastings Prince Edward Public Health Facebook page ‘Raising Healthy Kids’.
The primary purpose of this page is to engage with the community through social media to provide credible health information about parenting and child health. The secondary purpose of this page is to promote Public Health’s programs and services.
We encourage you to submit your questions, comments, and concerns, but please note this is a moderated online discussion site and not a public forum.
This Facebook page is monitored Monday through Friday, excluding holidays, from 8:30 am to 4:00 pm.
Please read the guidelines below which are applicable to anyone who uses the Raising Healthy Kids Facebook page.
Please understand that we cannot offer medical advice, diagnosis or treatment via the Internet. If you have a question about your specific medical condition, you should contact your doctor. If you are experiencing a medical emergency, please call 911.
Please remember that your posts and comments are available for all to see. For your privacy, avoid posting personal medical information online.
Please note that the comments posted by other users on this site do not reflect the opinions and position of Hastings Prince Edward Public Health.
Please note that Hastings Prince Edward Public Health does not endorse any advertisements that may be visible on our Facebook page or any of the pages that we link to and assumes no responsibility for any content not generated or provided by Public Health.
Your use of the Raising Healthy Kids Facebook page is subject to the Terms and Conditions of Use set forth below. By accessing, viewing, posting or otherwise using any content on or available through this page you unconditionally accept these Terms and Conditions of Use.
1. Use of the Raising Healthy Kids Facebook page does not create a therapeutic- client relationship with any Hastings Prince Edward Public Health staff. These service providers are not engaged in rendering medical or psychological services through this page. Any action taken by a user in response to information obtained from a social media site is at the user’s discretion. The Facebook page must not be relied upon to replace or overrule a licensed health care professional’s judgment or clinical diagnosis.
2. Once posted, Hastings Prince Edward Public Health reserves the right to delete comments that contain vulgar language, personal attacks of any kind, or offensive comments that target or disparage any ethnic, racial, or religious group. Further, Hastings Prince Edward Public Health also reserves the right to delete comments that:
(i) are spam or include links to other such sites;
(ii) are clearly off topic;
(iii) advocate illegal activity;
(iv) promote particular services, products, or political organizations;
(v) infringe on copyrights or trademarks;
(vi) use personally identifiable medical information;
(vii) contain case-specific and other confidential information.
3. Users grant to Hastings Prince Edward Public Health irrevocable, perpetual, transferable, non-exclusive, royalty-free worldwide license (with the right to sublicense) and right (i) to reproduce, publish, distribute and display content, (ii) to create derivative works from the content, (iii) to edit, modify or delete content, and (iv) to use content for any Hastings Prince Edward Public Health purpose.
4. Users agree not to alter, edit, delete, remove or otherwise modify the meaning, appearance or purpose of any content, code, data or materials on or available through the Raising Healthy Kids Facebook page, including, but not limited to, altering, obscuring or removing any trademarks, trade names, logos or other proprietary rights notices.
5. Neither Hastings Prince Edward Public Health nor its content or service providers guarantee or warrant the Raising Healthy Kids Facebook page against errors, defects, delays, omissions, interruptions or losses, including losses of data, nor are any files downloaded from a Hastings Prince Edward Public Health site warranted or guaranteed to be free of viruses, bugs, worms or other such destructive properties.
6. Hastings Prince Edward Public Health also reserves the right to monitor, restrict, block, suspend or discontinue your access to the Raising Healthy Kids Facebook page, at any time, with or without advance notice, and for any reason or no reason at all.
7. Hastings Prince Edward Public Health may disclose your communications and activities with the Raising Healthy Kids Facebook page in response to lawful requests by governmental authorities, judicial orders, warrants or subpoenas, or for the protection of Hastings Prince Edward Public Health rights, and in doing so shall not incur any liability to you.
8. You agree to defend, indemnify and hold Hastings Prince Edward Public Health and its content providers and service providers harmless from any and all claims, liabilities, losses, damages, settlements, judgments, costs and expenses, including attorneys’ fees, arising in any way from your use of or access to the Raising Healthy Kids Facebook page.
9. Hastings Prince Edward Public Health may suspend, change or discontinue any aspect of the Raising Healthy Kids Facebook page at any time.
10. By using this site, you agree to waive any actions, causes of actions, or any other remedies in law that you may have against Hastings Prince Edward Public Health, including any costs, losses or damages of any kind whether direct or indirect, special, incidental or consequential, and whether foreseeable or not.
11. By using this site you agree and accept that your activities may be monitored by law enforcement agencies in the USA which are beyond the control of Hastings Prince Edward Public Health.
12. By using this site you agree, to be bound by the laws of the Province of Ontario respecting any legal proceedings brought against Hastings Prince Edward Public Health by virtue of the Health Unit having this Facebook page.
To enable all children to attain and sustain their optimal health and developmental potential.
