Cara M. Christ

About Cara Christ

Cara M. Christ, MD, Director Arizona Department of Health Services

Tackling Prescription Drug Abuse with “Awareness. Action. Outcomes!”

By |2017-02-10T09:49:14-07:00May 20th, 2015|Behavioral Health, Prevention|

Arizona, like every state in the country, is battling an epidemic of people misusing and abusing prescription drugs.  We’ve been working with several partners on the Arizona Prescription Drug Misuse & Abuse Initiative since 2012 to reduce the problem in Arizona. The Initiative team  recently developed a comprehensive toolkit designed to assist communities to tackle prescription drug abuse at the [...]

May is Hepatitis Awareness Month in Arizona

By |2017-02-10T09:49:14-07:00May 14th, 2015|Prevention|

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, more than 4 million Americans are living with viral hepatitis and more than 20,000 die every year from hepatitis-related infections.  Viral hepatitis is the leading cause of liver cancer and the most common reason for liver transplantation. Two types of viral hepatitis, B and C, are [...]

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