Prevention – Page 50 – 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.

Challenge Accepted – and Met

By Will Humble|2017-02-10T09:50:01-07:00November 3rd, 2013|Prevention|

We did it… and by we, I mean ADHS and partners around the state. We accepted the Association of Territorial and State Health Officers (ASTHO) challenge to reduce the rate of babies born too early by 8% by 2014. On Friday, ADHS and the March of Dimes Arizona Chapter received the Virginia Apgar award. The [...]

Disease Follows Conflict

By Will Humble|2017-02-10T09:50:01-07:00November 1st, 2013|Preparedness, Prevention|

Throughout human history, war and political unrest have been associated with the spread of disease, often called the “third army”. During the Napoleonic wars, 8 times more people in the British army died from disease than from battle wounds. In our Civil War, 66% of the 660,000 deaths among soldiers were caused by pneumonia, typhoid, [...]

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New Public Health Blog

By Will Humble|2017-02-10T09:50:03-07:00October 25th, 2013|Prevention|

Our new Public Health Blog is now live! The goal of the blog is for our Prevention Services to promote our work with the public and with our partners through better use of social media. We’ll also be adding some new features, such as an interactive info-graphic tool and video clips highlighting selected blog posts. [...]

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Infection Prevention Week

By Will Humble|2017-02-10T09:50:03-07:00October 24th, 2013|Prevention|

This week is International Infection Prevention Week (IIPW), which started in 1986 under a proclamation from President Reagan. For the 4th year in a row, October 20-26, 2013 is Arizona Infection Prevention Week. Since it started, the week has been used to spread awareness about interventions that promote safe healthcare practices and prevention of healthcare-associated infections [...]

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Sitting is the new smoking

By Will Humble|2017-02-10T09:50:03-07:00October 23rd, 2013|Prevention|

Public health embarked on a smoking revolution over the last few decades, kicking it into high gear to provide programs and policies to help Arizonans change their smoking habits. While by no means has the tobacco battle been won, America is currently undergoing another revolution—a walking revolution. Physical activity is not new territory in public [...]

Guide to Community Prevention Services

By Will Humble|2017-02-10T09:50:04-07:00October 22nd, 2013|Prevention|

Every so often- you run into a resource guide that stands above the rest. I discovered one of those awhile back called the Guide to Community Preventive Services – and it’s a free resource to help you choose programs and policies to improve health and prevent disease in communities. The easy-to-read resource guide answers questions [...]

Health in All Policies Guidance

By Will Humble|2017-02-10T09:50:04-07:00October 16th, 2013|General, Prevention|

The California Department of Public Health, the California Endowment, and the Public Health Institute released a document called "Health in All Policies: A Guide for State and Local Governments" this week… which provides best practices to improve the public's health and safety by incorporating health considerations into decision-making across all sectors and policy areas. The [...]

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Pertussis Exemptions Study

By Will Humble|2017-02-10T09:50:05-07:00October 15th, 2013|Prevention|

A study came out in Pediatrics last week that looked at how vaccine exemptions were related to a statewide outbreak of pertussis (also known as whooping cough) in California in 2010. As you might expect, the authors found that there were more whooping cough cases in areas with higher rates of vaccine exemptions. These findings were [...]

Outreach in Border Region Enhances WIC Enrollment

By Will Humble|2017-02-10T09:50:05-07:00October 10th, 2013|Prevention|

The Arizona WIC Program is airing outreach ads in border counties, to ensure WIC clients know about the availability of WIC services in their communities. Several local WIC agencies in the border region are undertaking special actions to promote WIC along with making healthy eating and active living the easy choice in their communities. The [...]

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Border Bi-National Health Week

By Will Humble|2017-02-10T09:50:06-07:00October 7th, 2013|Prevention|

I’ve was in DC much of last week working alongside many of the health officers from the 10 US Mexico border states. We had meetings with the U.S.-Mexico Border Health Commission as well as events associated with Border Binational Health Week. Border Bi-national Health Week is just one of the initiatives of the Commission- whose goal is [...]

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