Prevention – Page 49 – 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.

Ocean Predators & Pregnancy

By Will Humble|2017-02-10T09:49:58-07:00December 3rd, 2013|Prevention|

There was good news this week about preconception health. A report just out from the EPA found that more women of childbearing age have been avoiding eating the kinds of ocean predators that typically contain mercury (Hg). This is important because mercury can affect the baby’s brain being developed during pregnancy. Mercury is found in [...]

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Enhanced Empower Website Up & Running

By Will Humble|2017-02-10T09:49:58-07:00December 2nd, 2013|Licensing, Prevention|

Our Empower Program just launched its new and improved website. You’ll recall that Empower is our program that works with more than 2,400 licensed childcare facilities across the state of Arizona reaching more than 200,000 children. Each provider receives a discount on their licensing fees and in return commits to implementing 10 standards that empower kids to [...]

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Typhoon Haiyan & Public Health

By Will Humble|2017-02-10T09:49:59-07:00November 29th, 2013|Behavioral Health, General, Preparedness, Prevention|

Like conflict and wars, typhoon Haiyan (local name Yolanda) destroyed basic services for food, water, health care and shelter in the Central Philippines. This disaster was declared a “Level 3” Emergency by the UN, meaning there’s substantial impact on the health of people and it can’t be managed by a country or region alone. The [...]

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Childhood Obesity Clinician Toolkit

By Will Humble|2021-04-20T08:48:57-07:00November 27th, 2013|Prevention|

The Arizona Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics recently updated their collection of hands-on tools that can be easily integrated into clinical practice. The tools are designed to help clinicians to incorporate clinical evidence-based recommendations for obesity prevention, assessment, treatment and referral into their practice. They’ve included a document that can be folded to [...]

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Trans Fats on the Way Out?

By Will Humble|2017-02-10T09:50:00-07:00November 18th, 2013|Prevention|

The FDA made a preliminary determination that partially hydrogenated oils (the primary dietary source of trans fat in processed foods) are not "generally recognized as safe" for use in food. Their review of the research has led them to conclude that consuming trans fat raises LDL, or "bad" cholesterol, and increases the risk of coronary heart disease. The FDA opened a 60-day [...]

Reviewing Child Fatalities Provides Critical Information

By Will Humble|2017-02-10T09:50:00-07:00November 15th, 2013|Prevention|

One of the ways we create good public health interventions is by studying outcomes. This week, the 20th Annual Child Fatality Review report came out- which examines all 854 deaths of children under the age of 18 in 2012. The Report reviews the circumstances of each child’s death, determines preventability and makes recommendations to save children’s lives moving forward. Although the number [...]

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Undy 5000

By Will Humble|2017-02-10T09:50:00-07:00November 8th, 2013|Prevention|

Colon cancer is the second leading cause of cancer-related deaths in Arizona. Most of the new diagnoses of the disease are late stage. Discovery in late stage reduces the chance of survival. There’s really no reason for people to die from it – research shows colonoscopies that find polyps can dramatically reduce the chance of [...]

Hydrocodone Combination Products Moving to Schedule II?

By Will Humble|2017-02-10T09:50:00-07:00November 7th, 2013|Behavioral Health, Prevention|

Poisoning (including alcohol and prescription drugs) causes more deaths than car crashes in AZ. Committed folks across the state are taking action on this issue. We’re part of the Arizona Prescription Drug Misuse and Abuse Initiative, a multi-agency, multi-systemic approach to addressing the epidemic. As part of this initiative, new guidelines have been issued for prescribing [...]

Trauma System Performance- Act 4

By Will Humble|2017-02-10T09:50:01-07:00November 6th, 2013|Prevention|

Over the past month we have been looking at some different ways to measure and describe how a trauma system is performing. In the world of performance improvement the general belief is that you have to look at a number of different measures in order to be able to describe how the system is performing. [...]

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Integrating Environmental Health & Prevention into Home Visiting

By Will Humble|2017-02-10T09:50:01-07:00November 4th, 2013|Prevention|

This month we wrapped up an 18-month quality improvement pilot project to better integrate environmental health and chronic disease information and referrals into our state home visiting programs. A cross-divisional team made up of folks from Women's & Children's Health, environmental Health, chronic disease, workforce development, and performance management worked together to standardize and pilot [...]

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