immunizations

We Are On the Right Track with Vaccine Exemptions

By |2017-02-10T09:48:52-07:00April 14th, 2016|Preparedness|

As we kick off our annual Immunization Conference this week, we have some exciting news to share. The proportion of children exempt from vaccines in Arizona continues to decrease slightly compared to last year. Every year, state and local public health staff work with schools to gather immunization and coverage reports for children enrolled in [...]

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Newborn Screening & Immunizations Law

By |2017-02-10T09:49:40-07:00May 7th, 2014|Prevention|

House Bill 2491 has been in the media and became a law with the Governor’s signature.  The new law requires us to add critical congenital heart defect (CCHD) to our newborn screening program protocol.  This new screening and reporting requirement will kick in once our rulemaking is complete- probably this Fall. The screening test we'll be [...]

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Text4baby Sends Valuable Info to Your Phone

By |2017-02-10T09:50:23-07:00May 31st, 2013|General|

Congratulations! You just found out you’re going to have a baby. It can be an exciting time for a family, but there’s also so much to learn. Thankfully there are free resources to help, including on your phone from Text4baby.  When you sign up for Text4baby you’ll get 3 text messages a week timed to your due [...]

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The Health Care/Public Health Continuum

By |2017-02-10T09:50:37-07:00March 13th, 2013|Prevention|

In the world of health care- the clinician works with patients individually. They examine various indicators of health for their patient including direct observations and laboratory or other diagnostic tests and implement interventions to help their patient improve their health. Providers also encourage their patients to live healthy lifestyles and take safety precautions- and help [...]

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Show Your Love

By |2017-02-10T09:50:42-07:00February 14th, 2013|General, Prevention|

Valentine’s Day isn’t just a day of romance, flowers and candy.  The CDC Preconception Health and Health Care Initiative launched a campaign asking all women of childbearing age to Show Your Love by taking good care of themselves.  It’s a national initiative to educate women and couples on the importance of preconception health. Preconception health [...]

‘Tis the Season to Be Vaccinated…

By |2017-02-10T09:50:48-07:00December 19th, 2012|Prevention|

The CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices released issued new recommendations to encourage pregnant women to get the whooping cough (pertussis) vaccine (Tdap) during their pregnancy.  Since most kids get whooping cough from a close family member, vaccinating parents (and teens) is one of the best ways to prevent infants, especially those who are too young [...]

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Vaccines & the Social Contract

By |2017-02-10T09:50:48-07:00December 14th, 2012|Prevention|

At the core- vaccines are really about community protection.  Our public health system depends on a solid network of providers that are available to vaccinate kids for all of the nasty infectious diseases that have plagued humanity for millennium. It’s not just access to care and a solid network of providers that vaccinate that are [...]

National Vaccine Policies in Flux

By |2012-10-05T09:55:52-07:00October 5th, 2012|Affordable Care Act, Prevention|

The next 2 years will be a time of transition for how vaccines are delivered and paid for in the US- as national policy shifts to the new order under the Affordable Care Act.  In the short-term there'll be some transition challenges- but in the long run- it should be easier to keep up our vaccination rates.  In [...]

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What’s Health-e Connection?

By |2017-02-10T09:51:04-07:00August 15th, 2012|General|

Arizona Health-e Connection - better known as AzHeC- is a state-wide public/private collaborative for advancing the adoption of health information technology and health information exchange. We have a seat on the board which advances the secure and private sharing of electronic health information. Here's their 2011 Annual Report.  The Arizona Health-e Connection team has been working closely with Janet Mullen and Paula [...]

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For the Modern AZ Mom

By |2017-02-10T09:51:15-07:00March 7th, 2012|General, Prevention|

Please join us in encouraging pregnant women and new moms to sign up for Text4baby.  Text4baby is a program of the National Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies Coalition that provides pregnant women and new moms with information to help them give their babies the best possible start in life. Text4baby is the country’s first free, health education program [...]

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