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Diabetes Program Launches Text-Based Engagement Program

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Diabetes Program Launches Text-Based Engagement Program

By Cara Christ|2017-02-10T09:49:13-07:00July 1st, 2015|Prevention|

Our Diabetes Program has launched a mobile health patient engagement program for the first time in Arizona. This initiative will target patients with diabetes or diabetes risk factors, as well as at-risk women and children, through the use of automated text messaging. In partnership with Adelante Healthcare, a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC), we will [...]

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First Ever Tribal and Urban Indian Diabetes Program Meetings Held

By Cara Christ|2017-02-10T09:49:13-07:00June 19th, 2015|Prevention|

Our Arizona Diabetes Program hosted a first of its kind Tribal and Urban Indian Diabetes Programs meeting on June 10th. This meeting allowed our Diabetes Program and tribal partners to identify opportunities for partnership while assessing the current diabetes health infrastructure among tribal entities. It is the Arizona Diabetes Program's goal to provide technical assistance [...]

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National Hepatitis Testing Day was a Success in AZ!

By Cara Christ|2017-02-10T09:49:13-07:00June 17th, 2015|Preparedness, Prevention|

May was Hepatitis Awareness Month and our staff worked with several partners to promote awareness about hepatitis and hold testing events during the week of National Hepatitis Testing Day. The work paid off with our partners hosting 13 sites in Arizona, only one state in the country hosted more. More than 200 people were tested for hepatitis C in Maricopa, Pima, [...]

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The 2015 Water Drive is Extended

By Cara Christ|2017-02-10T09:49:13-07:00June 11th, 2015|Prevention|

The 2015 Water Drive has been extended through June 19th. As Phoenix heats up, we need your help raising money to purchase life-saving water for those most at risk for heat-related deaths and illnesses. Thanks to you, last year ADHS was the second largest water donator to the Heat Relief Network and in the last two years, [...]

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Statewide Advisory Group Seeking New Members

By Cara Christ|2017-02-10T09:49:13-07:00June 5th, 2015|General, Prevention|

The newly formed HIV Statewide Advisory Group (SWAG) is recruiting up to 12 new members to represent people living with HIV, those affected by the disease, and HIV care and social service providers statewide. The SWAG is charged with providing planning and guidance for the delivery of services funded by the SWAG and Ryan White [...]

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Youth Conference Highlights Tobacco Prevention Efforts

By Cara Christ|2017-02-10T09:49:13-07:00June 3rd, 2015|Prevention|

Students Taking a New Direction (STAND) is gearing up for its sixth annual youth conference. Each year STAND members from around the state converge in Phoenix to celebrate their efforts for the year and to learn about new ways to combat tobacco. The celebration highlights a three-day conference designed by STAND members to increase leadership [...]

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Disease Detectives Investigating Rare Strain of Salmonella

By Cara Christ|2017-02-10T09:49:14-07:00May 22nd, 2015|Prevention|

Our epidemiologists in the Office of Infectious Disease Services have been working with local and federal public health partners on an outbreak investigation of a rare strain of Salmonella, called Salmonella Paratyphi B. Most ill people in Maricopa County report eating sushi containing raw minced or ground tuna at restaurants. As of May 20, there are 51 cases nationally [...]

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

By Cara Christ|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 [...]

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May is Hepatitis Awareness Month in Arizona

By Cara Christ|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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Setting Public Health Grant Spending Priorities

By Cory Nelson|2017-02-10T09:49:14-07:00May 8th, 2015|Prevention|

Public health has reach into many areas that you may not think about. Currently we’re working to reduce the number of prescription drug overdoses and deaths. The misuse of prescription drugs is a national epidemic. We’re working with the Arizona Criminal Justice Commission to attack the problem here. The funding for our prevention efforts comes from the Preventive Health and [...]

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