Prevention – Page 41 – AZ Dept. of Health Services News

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.

Updated Infection Control Prevention Guidelines

By Will Humble|2017-02-10T09:49:31-07:00August 19th, 2014|Prevention|

The Society for Hospital Epidemiology of America and the Infectious Diseases Society of America partnered with several healthcare organizations to publish evidence-based and best practice recommendations for preventing healthcare-associated infections in acute care hospitals. Referred to as the “SHEA Compendium”, these recommendations have served as a cornerstone of infection control and prevention since their publication [...]

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Life Coach Tips for College Freshmen

By Will Humble|2017-02-10T09:49:31-07:00August 15th, 2014|Prevention|

Going to college is fun and exciting. As is the case with all life transitions, getting some helpful hints in advance can smooth out the adjustment time and help create a better and healthier outcome. Make it a point to review the following “life coach tips” with your young adult (like I’ve been doing with my [...]

Get a Healthy Jump on the School Year

By Will Humble|2017-02-10T09:49:33-07:00August 8th, 2014|Prevention|

Believe it or not, it’s already back to school time. Whether kids are heading off to school for the first time, or going back for their senior year of high school, it’s important for parents, grandparents and students to do everything they can to insure the school year is safe and healthy. One of the [...]

Summer Rabies Update: Rabies & Skunks

By Will Humble|2017-02-10T09:49:33-07:00August 5th, 2014|Prevention|

2014 has already proven to be a very active year for rabies in Arizona. So far this year, there have been 70 animals reported positive for rabies. Last year at this time there were 40 animals reported positive. We’re seeing an especially high number of rabid skunks this year. 39 skunks have been reported so [...]

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Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever

By Will Humble|2017-02-10T09:49:34-07:00July 23rd, 2014|Prevention|

The monsoon season marks the tick season here in Arizona, and one of most important tick-borne disease threats in the state is Rocky Mountain spotted fever. The symptoms usually start with a fever of two or more days and can lead to a nasty “spotted” rash (although the rash is not always present in the cases [...]

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AZ Losing Traction on Vaccine Front

By Will Humble|2017-02-10T09:49:34-07:00July 21st, 2014|Prevention|

Arizona law requires kids to get certain vaccines in order to attend school unless a doctor signs a medical exemption form or a parent signs a religious or personal belief exemption form. There’s been an increasing number of parents who are signing personal belief exemption forms- putting herd immunity at risk. Every year we examine [...]

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Long-Term Care Infection Prevention and Control Collaborative

By Will Humble|2017-02-10T09:49:34-07:00July 18th, 2014|Licensing, Prevention|

Our Licensing, Preparedness and Healthcare-Associated Infections shops joined forces with APIC Consulting Inc. to provide a free day-long event to provide training to skilled nursing facilities about how to prevent healthcare-associated infections. The training will be based on the Infection Preventionist's Guide to Long-Term Care. The goals are to help healthcare providers to: 1) identify infection prevention [...]

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Ladders: Useful But Potentially Hazardous

By Will Humble|2017-02-10T09:49:35-07:00July 11th, 2014|General, Prevention|

I've fallen off ladders at my house twice in the last month which has inspired me to do a post about falls and injuries. The #1 reason people show up in Arizona emergency rooms is from slipping, tripping or stumbling on something. Falls are the #2 cause of accidental death in Arizona…with 870 deaths recorded [...]

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Staying Healthy & Reducing Cost- Preventive Health Services

By Will Humble|2017-02-10T09:49:35-07:00July 10th, 2014|General, Prevention|

In recent years, a prevention model of health has woven its way into the fabric of traditional models of care. With the passage of the Affordable Care Act the role preventive services has expanded significantly in the US health care delivery system. Preventive health care services prevent diseases and illnesses from happening in the first [...]

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An AZ Monsoon Staple: the Scorpion

By Will Humble|2017-02-10T09:49:35-07:00July 8th, 2014|General, Prevention|

My wife has been disturbed by the number of scorpions she's seen around our house and garage over the last couple of weeks which has inspired me to do this scorpion post. Arizona has more than 56 species of scorpions but the bark scorpion is the biggie. Since you live in the bark scorpion’s territory, you probably [...]

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