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Medical Marijuana Presentation for Physicians

By Will Humble|2012-03-23T16:13:18-07:00March 23rd, 2012|General|

Cara Christ, MD and her team put together a dynamite new PowerPoint presentation on the role of AZ physicians under AZ’s Medical Marijuana Act. The goal of the presentation is to provide a resource for physicians to be better informed about their role under the Act- and to learn about the checks and balances that we [...]

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Step Right Up: Get your Masters in Public Health in Phoenix!

By Will Humble|2012-03-22T07:51:51-07:00March 22nd, 2012|General, Preparedness, Prevention|

When I got into public health 25 years ago, it was kind of a boutique profession. Since then, it’s really gone mainstream- and public health is increasingly being recognized as a key element in driving down our country’s increasing health care costs. So if you’re a beginning or mid-career professional- get in on the ground [...]

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CDC Kicks Off New Smoking Intervention Campaign Today

By Will Humble|2012-03-19T12:16:43-07:00March 19th, 2012|General, Prevention|

The CDC is kicking off a new national smoking cessation campaign today called “Tips from Former Smokers”. The new tobacco education campaign will begin airing today and will run nationally for 12 weeks. Ads include television, radio, billboard, magazine, newspaper, theater, and online placements. In addition, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and other channels will help spread [...]

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Happy RD Day (belated)

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

Registered Dieticians Day happens every year during National Nutrition Month. This year it was March 14th – RDs have degrees in nutrition, dietetics, public health or a related field and work in many different jobs to make sure people know what food they’re eating and the impacts of those decisions. The day recognizes them for their [...]

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ADHS Receives Award to Participate in National Quality Improvement Demonstration Initiative

By Will Humble|2012-03-15T08:33:44-07:00March 15th, 2012|General|

We just received a new grant award from the Association of State and Territorial Health Officials to participate in the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s National Quality Improvement Demonstration Initiative! Arizona was only one of only 5 states with a successful application. This is great for Arizona for a number of reasons. First, it’ll help prepare [...]

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Step Right Up: Get your Masters in Public Health in Phoenix!

By Will Humble|2012-03-14T16:40:46-07:00March 14th, 2012|General|

When I got into public health 25 years ago, it was kind of a boutique profession. Since then, it’s really gone mainstream- and public health is increasingly being recognized as a key element in driving down our country’s increasing health care costs. So if you’re a beginning or mid-career professional- get in on the ground [...]

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Public Health Professional Development Opportunity

By Will Humble|2012-03-14T08:24:05-07:00March 14th, 2012|General|

The U of A has developed an Arizona Public Health Training Center whose mission is to assess, develop, and deliver training to current and future public health professionals and other community leaders... building and strengthening our public health infrastructure. One of their strategies is to develop what they call "academic health departments". They've asked us to partner with them and become an academic health department, which [...]

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Medical Marijuana Continuing Medical Education Opportunity

By Will Humble|2012-03-13T12:19:38-07:00March 13th, 2012|General|

The University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) School of Medicine and the U of A College of Nursing are sponsoring a Continuing Medical Education Conference on April 27–28, at the Loews Ventana Canyon Resort in Tucson. The Conference is called “The Endocannabinoid System: Clinical Implications for Health Care (Course #MMJ12106)”.

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Medical Marijuana Cards – Time to Renew

By Will Humble|2012-03-13T08:46:38-07:00March 13th, 2012|General|

Believe it or not, it’s been almost a year since we started issuing the first medical marijuana cards for qualifying patients and designated caregivers. This week marks the beginning of the first renewal period for the folks that applied for cards at the start of the program. Our medical marijuana webpage has instructions and the [...]

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Scheduled Maintenance

By azdhs-admin|2012-03-08T10:44:54-07:00March 8th, 2012|General|

Due to scheduled maintenance this website will be unavailable Sunday, March 11 from 9:00 am to 12:00 pm. We apologize for any inconvenience. Thank you for your patience.

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