Prevention

Topics here will include issues that fall into the Prevention Division of the agency, which include – as the name implies – programs that help prevent disease in our state. You will find information about chronic diseases (cancer, heart health, breathing disorders) as well as tobacco use prevention. This area also includes education about Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program and the Women, Infant and Children programs; both USDA programs that help provide nutrition to lower income residents.

We’re Celebrating Falls Prevention Awareness Month

By |2017-02-10T09:48:42-07:00September 1st, 2016|Prevention|

September is National Falls Prevention Month and in Arizona Governor Doug Ducey has issued a proclamation calling for community partnerships to promote a falls free Arizona. Our most recent data from 2015 shows more than half of falls-related hospitalizations end up in skilled nursing facilities. People 85 and older have the highest rates of fatal [...]

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Tribal Cancer Collaborative Conference Celebrates Milestone

By |2017-02-10T09:48:43-07:00August 11th, 2016|Prevention|

The Arizona Tribal Cancer Collaborative Conference will celebrate its tenth year in November of 2016! The conference has been held annually for ten years, but the active collaborations and learning about one another truly began two years prior to the first conference. CDC provided Arizona Department of Health Services and the Arizona tribes receiving Cancer [...]

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Dramatic Reductions in Illegal Sales of Tobacco to Minors

By |2017-02-10T09:48:43-07:00August 10th, 2016|Prevention|

Public health efforts continue to move the needle on reducing smoking rates among youth. And that’s important since 90 percent of adult tobacco users report using tobacco in their teen years. Tobacco use among Arizona youth is at an all-time low of 10 percent , which is a decrease of over 40 percent in the [...]

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Today Kicks off the Start of World Breastfeeding Week

By |2017-02-10T09:48:44-07:00August 1st, 2016|Prevention|

We will be celebrating World Breastfeeding Week August 1 through 7. The week is an opportunity to showcase the benefits of breastfeeding, and what international support looks like for pregnant and breastfeeding women all over the world from various organizations and community groups. We will be hosting an event called LATCH-AZ, which will offer breastfeeding education [...]

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Food Desert Summit Looks for Ways to Increase Access to Nutritious Foods

By |2017-02-10T09:48:45-07:00July 15th, 2016|Prevention|

Many Arizona residents live in food deserts, which are areas that lack healthy, affordable, good-quality food. Having access to nutritious food requires that food be available in the community and that households can afford it. In Arizona, twenty-one and a half percent of households with children are food insecure. Childhood food security and childhood obesity [...]

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Follow Safety Guidelines for Fireworks to Keep Your Family Safe

By |2017-02-10T09:48:47-07:00June 30th, 2016|Prevention|

For many people Independence Day wouldn’t be complete without fireworks. There are dozens of public fireworks shows around the state, but some people like shooting them at home. Fireworks are legal in Arizona although some communities have banned them due to wildfire concerns . The best thing you can do to keep your family safe [...]

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Youth Tobacco Rates Continue to Drop in Arizona

By |2016-06-22T14:39:47-07:00June 22nd, 2016|Newborn Screening, Prevention|

We’re seeing a downward trend in Arizona with youth tobacco prevalence that is similar to the national trend , according to the Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System survey. The percentage of Arizona’s high school youth who have ever tried smoking has decreased from 46.5 percent in 2011 to 37 percent in 2015, a decrease of almost 20 [...]

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Summer Lunch Buddies Program helping Families Find Healthy Meals

By |2017-02-10T09:48:47-07:00June 20th, 2016|Prevention|

During the school year in Arizona, nearly 650,000 meals are served at schools each day. Last summer, the Summer Food Service Program served 16,007 meals each day at schools and other sites. Meals are served at a variety of community sites, but many families do not know about the program. Our staff and the Arizona Department [...]

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E-Cigarettes are the Next Battlefront in Tobacco Prevention

By |2016-06-10T09:21:19-07:00June 10th, 2016|General, Prevention|

In the last several years electronic cigarettes have gained popularity, especially among youth, as a “safe” alternative to traditional cigarettes. A recent report from the CDC showed that while youth smoking rates are decreasing nationwide and in Arizona, there has been a significant rise in the use of e-cigarettes. The report showed that the rise in use [...]

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Reducing Tobacco Use in Arizona: Keeping Our Foot On the Gas

By |2017-02-10T09:48:48-07:00June 9th, 2016|General, Prevention|

Arizona has been among the nation’s leaders in helping its residents quit using tobacco, and even better, never start using tobacco. Thanks to our dedicated staff in the Bureau of Tobacco and Chronic Disease and countless partners in communities throughout Arizona, I’m pleased to report that our commitment to success has only intensified. In the past two [...]

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