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City Planning & Population Health

By |2017-02-10T09:50:32-07:00April 22nd, 2013|General, Prevention|

Last week I wrote about how improving the health of Arizonans is critical to improving the quality of life and reducing health care costs…  and that effective strategies are ones that incorporate the principles of population health.   A city’s General Plan can be a large public health lever to improve outcomes because it’s the long-range planning [...]

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What’s Population Health?

By |2017-02-10T09:50:34-07:00April 9th, 2013|General|

No doubt you’ve heard the term “population health” bandied about these days…  especially as the nation wrestles with finding ways to keep people healthier while decreasing health care costs.  But what exactly is population health?  At its core, population health examines groups of people, their health outcomes, and the elements that influence those outcomes.  Examples of things that influence health [...]

Official population estimates help inform public health actions

By |2022-07-26T10:10:54-07:00July 26th, 2022|General|

From a public health perspective, it matters that 9,562 people live in Greenlee County, and that 1 in every 5 Arizonans lives in an unincorporated area. It’s important that health leaders know how many people in Yavapai County are 50 or older, and what the ethnic makeup is for Gila County. That’s why it’s so [...]

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“Health Windows” Provide Important Health Information to Hard-to-Reach Populations

By |2017-02-10T09:49:41-07:00April 28th, 2014|Prevention|

Ventanilla de Salud (Health Windows) is a program that improves access to preventive health care, health education, and public health screening at Mexican consular offices throughout the US. There are 5 Ventanillas in AZ (Douglas, Nogales, Phoenix, Tucson, and Yuma).  The Ventanillas are operated jointly by the Department of Health of Mexico (Secretaria de Salud [...]

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Refreshing the Arizona Health Improvement Plan to reflect progress made, set goals for the next two years

By |2024-02-27T13:17:07-07:00February 27th, 2024|Preparedness, Prevention|

Arizona Department of Health Services (ADHS) is excited to announce we have published the 2024-2025 update to the Arizona Health Improvement Plan (AzHIP).  The AzHIP provides a structure to collectively improve the health of communities and individuals throughout Arizona. The AzHIP 2021-2025 plan is now in the fourth year of its five-year implementation period. The [...]

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Federal COVID-19 public health emergency ends – Vaccines, tests & data will remain available

By |2023-05-11T12:56:55-07:00May 11th, 2023|General, Preparedness|

Today marks the end of the national COVID-19 public health emergency, but most tools - including vaccines, testing, and treatment - will remain available in Arizona. More than two years after the public health emergency was declared, and more than three years after the virus began its rapid spread in 2020, the U.S. Department of Health [...]

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Public Health Week: Improving public health across our state

By |2023-04-14T16:19:44-07:00April 14th, 2023|General|

As Arizona's statewide public health agency, we spent much of last week celebrating National Public Health Week by focusing on you and your community, wherever you are in Arizona. Our hope was to draw more attention to the issues that are important to improving the public's health and the power of community across our state. [...]

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ADHS initiatives are working to improve healthcare access in Arizona’s most rural communities

By |2023-04-07T14:11:25-07:00April 7th, 2023|General, Prevention|

Fourteen percent of the U.S. population lives in rural areas, in Arizona that number is much higher at 25%, likely due to the landscape and environment we live in. USDA Economic Research Service found that residents living in the United States’ most rural counties may have more difficulty finding and using health care services in [...]

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How Arizona is using data and community feedback to help address mental health in our state

By |2023-04-06T14:44:47-07:00April 6th, 2023|General, Preparedness, Prevention|

Like physical health, mental health is important throughout the lifespan. It continuously affects how we think, feel, and act. It also plays an important role in our physical and social well-being. Many factors can impact our mental health, including early adverse life experiences, experiences related to chronic medical conditions, biological factors, feelings of loneliness or [...]

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Happy National Public Health Week! Recognizing the contributions of public health professionals.

By |2023-04-03T11:17:26-07:00April 3rd, 2023|General|

National Public Health Week (NPHW) allows us to recognize the contributions of public health and highlight issues that are important to improving our nation's health. For more than 25 years, the American Public Health Association (APHA) has served as the organizer of NPHW. Every year, APHA develops a national campaign to educate the public, policymakers [...]

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