Sudden Infant Death Syndrome

The Road to Lifelong Health Begins with Breastfeeding

By |2017-02-10T09:51:05-07:00August 6th, 2012|General|

The first week of August is World Breastfeeding Week and it has been for 20 years.  This year’s theme is The Road to Lifelong Health Begins with Breastfeeding.  Those long-term benefits apply to both mothers and babies.   When babies are fed human milk, they are more likely to avoid obesity, less likely to die from [...]

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Jeanette’s Movin’ On

By |2011-07-04T07:25:12-07:00July 4th, 2011|Prevention|

Jeanette Shea is retiring at the end of July.  She’s been with the Department for more than 20 years serving as a Program Manager,  Social Work Consultant, Section Chief then Office Chief for Women’s and Children’s Health and finally as the Assistant Director for Public Health Prevention for the last few years.  She’s has been [...]

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New Childcare Center Licensing Rules

By |2010-04-20T09:16:23-07:00April 20th, 2010|Licensing|

Our child care licensing & rules team, along with a long list of Stakeholders, have been working very hard over the last few months to put together a new list of criteria for operating a child care center.  This week, their hard work paid off- and we were able to post a draft of our [...]

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