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Public Health Outcome Measures

By azdhs-admin|2017-02-10T09:51:57-07:00February 14th, 2011|General|

Last week I wrote about our Behavioral Health Outcomes Dashboard <https://directorsblog.health.azdhs.gov/?p=1117> - which highlights our efforts to shift our performance measures toward actual outcomes. In other words, we want to measure whether the services we provide actually help folks achieve their goals rather than whether someone’s paperwork is right. The same is true for public [...]

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Medical Marijuana Public Comment Meetings Next Week

By azdhs-admin|2017-02-10T09:51:57-07:00February 11th, 2011|General|

We’ll be holding four public comment meetings for the Medical Marijuana Rules next week. Public comment meetings are the part of the Rulemaking process whereby “an agency shall afford persons the opportunity to submit in writing statements, arguments, data and views on the proposed rule, with or without the opportunity to present them orally”. We [...]

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Marijuana Use & Earlier Onset of Psychosis?

By azdhs-admin|2011-02-08T10:48:22-07:00February 8th, 2011|Behavioral Health, General|

A number of published studies have found that using marijuana (and other psychoactive substances) is associated with an earlier onset of psychotic illness (notice I said “is associated with” rather than “causes”). National mental health surveys have repeatedly found more substance use, especially cannabis use, among people with a diagnosis of a psychotic disorder. A [...]

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Don’t Miss Your Last Chance to Comment on Arizona’s Draft Medical Marijuana Rules

By azdhs-admin|2017-02-10T09:51:58-07:00February 1st, 2011|General|

Three cheers for our interdisciplinary team that’s been working hard on the latest round of Administrative Code to implement the new medical marijuana law that will take effect April 14. We changed lots of provisions since the latest draft that we released on January 31. Here are just a few highlights: The new draft rules [...]

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2011 Homeless Street Count

By azdhs-admin|2011-01-30T07:22:20-07:00January 30th, 2011|Behavioral Health, General|

Twenty-two employees from ADHS and members of their families teamed up last week and joined the national effort to rid the nation and our state of homelessness. The beginning step is to produce clear evidence of the need by providing the government of (as closely as we can) the actual number of people who are [...]

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AZ Developmental Disabilities Planning Council Creating New State Plan

By azdhs-admin|2017-02-10T09:51:58-07:00January 29th, 2011|General|

The Arizona Developmental Disabilities Planning Council is funded by the fed's and is established by an Arizona Executive Order. They're located on the second floor of our 1740 building. The Council's goal is to help folks with developmental disabilities and their families by supporting approaches that enable persons with DD to fully participate and contribute to their communities through full integration [...]

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The ABC’s of our Community Health Analysis Areas

By azdhs-admin|2017-02-10T09:51:58-07:00January 28th, 2011|General, Preparedness|

Several years ago, our public health statistics team divided the State into 126 Community Health Analysis Areas to help us analyze data for various disease monitoring programs. The initial trigger to develop the CHAAs was a 1988 law that directed the ADHS to use the data in the cancer registry to identify areas and populations that need [...]

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Next Fiscal Year’s Budget – pt 4

By azdhs-admin|2011-01-27T06:27:09-07:00January 27th, 2011|General|

On January 15, 2011, the Governor released her proposed budget for next fiscal year, which begins July 1, 2011. Our part of the budget in the link above is on pages 105 through 111. You kinda need to be a budgeteer to understand some of it, so I’ll try to distill it down a little [...]

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Next Fiscal Year’s Budget Series – pt 3

By azdhs-admin|2017-02-10T09:51:58-07:00January 26th, 2011|Behavioral Health, General|

On January 15, 2011, the Governor released her proposed budget for next fiscal year, which begins July 1, 2011. Our part of the budget in the link above is on pages 105 through 111. You kinda need to be a budgeteer to understand some of it, so I’ll try to distill it down a little [...]

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Next Fiscal Year’s Budget Series – pt 2

By azdhs-admin|2017-02-10T09:51:59-07:00January 25th, 2011|Behavioral Health, General, Licensing|

On January 15, 2011, the Governor released her proposed budget for next fiscal year, which begins July 1, 2011. Our part of the budget in the link above is on pages 105 through 111. You kinda need to be a budgeteer to understand some of it, so I’ll try to distill it down a little [...]

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