Monthly Archives: September 2016

Vaccination Coverage rates for teens are improving across the country and in Arizona
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Vaccination Coverage rates for teens are improving across the country and in Arizona

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Vaccination Coverage rates for teens are improving across the country and in Arizona

By Cara Christ|2017-02-10T09:48:41-07:00September 2nd, 2016|Preparedness|

Last week CDC released 2015 vaccination coverage data for teens collected through the National Immunization Surveys (NIS). These surveys are sponsored annually through the CDC, and for teens, they attempt to estimate the level of coverage for three important adolescent vaccines: Tdap, Meningococcal, and HPV vaccine. There is good news for Arizona in this year's [...]

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We’re Celebrating Falls Prevention Awareness Month
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We’re Celebrating Falls Prevention Awareness Month

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We’re Celebrating Falls Prevention Awareness Month

By Cara Christ|2017-02-10T09:48:42-07:00September 1st, 2016|Prevention|

September is National Falls Prevention Month and in Arizona Governor Doug Ducey has issued a proclamation calling for community partnerships to promote a falls free Arizona. Our most recent data from 2015 shows more than half of falls-related hospitalizations end up in skilled nursing facilities. People 85 and older have the highest rates of fatal [...]

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