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Improving Outcomes for Pediatric Brain Injury

By Will Humble|2012-05-16T09:11:21-07:00May 16th, 2012|General|

A quick and effective response is critical when you have a brain injury. That’s why our Excellence in Pre-hospital Injury Care Project is so critical. It’s a unique NIH funded collaboration between the ADHS and the U of A College of Medicine’s Emergency Medicine Research Center. More than 150 EMS agencies in AZ are now participating- which aims [...]

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Up to Us!

By Will Humble|2017-02-10T09:51:11-07:00May 15th, 2012|General|

Arizona is way over the limit - almost 2/3rds of us are overweight or obese. A report released last week shows that the cost to all of us is $190 billion every year. There's a great opportunity happening right now with a national push to fight the obesity problem. The CDC, along with HBO, The Institutes of [...]

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ADHS is Seeking an Insightful, Creative Leader for Behavioral Health

By Will Humble|2017-02-10T09:51:11-07:00May 15th, 2012|Behavioral Health, General|

Do you think you can help us in “Promoting Health and Wellness for all Arizonans”. That’s the motto here at ADHS and we are looking for a new leader to join our Behavioral Health team. We’re looking for an Assistant Director who is insightful and can see the forest and trees at the same time. [...]

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Dispensary Application Window Opens

By Will Humble|2012-05-14T09:48:23-07:00May 14th, 2012|General|

Today marks the start of the 2-week window for applying for a medical marijuana dispensary Registration Certificate in Arizona. Prospective applicants can check out our Registration Certificate Application Checklist, Instructions, and the official Application on our Medical Marijuana Dispensary webpage. In the first two hours, seven people had dropped off applications. We’ll start reviewing applications as they come in- and we’ll stop taking applications [...]

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Chronicle Public Health on May 15 (Tuesday)

By Will Humble|2012-05-11T13:21:10-07:00May 11th, 2012|General|

Join thousands of public health professionals around the globe next Tuesday by using your iPhone or BlackBerry or whatever and chronicling public health. May 15 is “A Day” and it’s a global event designed to create and share inspiring perspectives on daily life through photography. Public health folks and organizations can submit photos that capture a day [...]

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AZ Legal Options Guide

By Will Humble|2012-05-11T08:56:38-07:00May 11th, 2012|General|

One of my jobs is to serve on the AZ Developmental Disabilities Planning Council (DDPC). We have lots of goals- and one of them is to help folks with disabilities, their families and caregivers to learn about options that are available when an adult with a disability needs legal help to manage one or more facets of his or her [...]

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Interim AD for Licensing

By Will Humble|2017-02-10T09:51:11-07:00May 10th, 2012|General, Licensing|

Colby Bower will serve as our Interim Assistant Director for Licensing while we recruit and hire a permanent Assistant Director. Colby has been serving as our Legislative Affairs chief for the last couple of years. Colby fills several of the criteria that we needed for the interim post: 1) He’s a good risk manager and [...]

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Public Health Budget

By Will Humble|2017-02-10T09:51:12-07:00May 9th, 2012|General, Newborn Screening|

The Governor signed the budget this week - here's a look at how some of it affects public health: Behavioral Health Services for folks that don’t Qualify for Medicaid The budget that was just signed includes about $39M in new funding for services for folks with a serious mental illness that don’t qualify for Medicaid. [...]

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Dispensary Medical Direction is a Go

By Will Humble|2012-05-08T12:42:20-07:00May 8th, 2012|General|

One of the outstanding legal uncertainties regarding our implementation of AZ Medical Marijuana Act has been the Compassion First v. Brewer lawsuit that challenged our authority to require future dispensaries to have a Medical Director. We’ve always thought dispensary medical direction was a key component to making sure that future dispensaries act in the best [...]

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New Border Health Resources

By Will Humble|2012-05-07T09:07:20-07:00May 7th, 2012|General|

Obesity, injury prevention, teen pregnancy, and substance abuse are all border health priorities. Our prevention team put together an inventory identifying current programs addressing these priority areas in AZs border communities. Our WIC program and Arizona Nutrition Network reach thousands of low-income women and kids along the border- improving nutrition and reducing obesity. Programs like our Sexual Violence Prevention & Education and Safe Kids [...]

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