Prevention – Page 73 – 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.

New Cigarette Warning Labels launched today

By azdhs-admin|2017-02-10T09:51:43-07:00June 21st, 2011|Prevention|

Today the FDA released the new, graphic warning labels that will be on cigarette packs. The labels educate smokers and others, including kids, about the dangers of tobacco use and encourage smokers to quit. Using this proven techique, the U.S. joins 43 other countries that already require pictures or images on cigarette packs. The warning [...]

National Public Health Prevention Plan Released

By azdhs-admin|2011-06-21T10:09:34-07:00June 21st, 2011|Prevention|

The national Public Health Prevention Plan was released last week, with a clear emphasis on the critical contributors to health. The 4 broad strategic directions for the plan are: Building healthy and safe community environments, Expanding quality preventive services in both clinical and community settings, Empowering people to make healthy choices, and Eliminating health disparities. This [...]

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National Men’s Health Week is Here

By azdhs-admin|2011-06-16T08:10:43-07:00June 16th, 2011|Prevention|

Men’s Health Week focuses on male specific diseases such as prostate cancer and men's wellness in general, including mental health issues and accident prevention. Many people think of their fathers this time of year - but men should at least make a commitment to themselves and their families to pay better attention to health and [...]

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ADHS Gets Partnership Award

By azdhs-admin|2011-06-10T18:29:22-07:00June 10th, 2011|Prevention|

Today the Arizona Academy of Pediatrics recognized our Nutrition and Physical Activity Team as a co-recipient of the 2011 Partnership Award at its annual luncheon and chapter meeting. Our team was recognized for increasing outreach efforts to pediatricians and actively fostering collaboration among staff and the Academy membership. Karen Sell and the team helped the Academy indentify [...]

Maricopa Integrated Health System Goes Smoke Free

By azdhs-admin|2011-06-10T13:59:04-07:00June 10th, 2011|General, Prevention|

The Maricopa Integrated Health System has been recognized as a QUITZone for going smoke-free. Our Bureau of Tobacco & Chronic Disease and the UA Healthcare Partnership honored them this week for their efforts to “walk-the-talk” in promoting healthy lifestyles and combating the health and cost burdens of tobacco use and secondhand smoke. To help achieve a [...]

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Transforming Communities

By azdhs-admin|2017-02-10T09:51:45-07:00June 8th, 2011|Prevention|

The CDC released their grant guidance for the upcoming Community Transformation Grants a couple of weeks ago. The objective of the grant is to support the implementation (and evaluation) of evidence-based community preventive health activities to reduce chronic disease rates, prevent the development of secondary conditions, address health disparities, and develop a stronger evidence base [...]

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Top 10 Public Health Accomplishments 2000 – 2010

By azdhs-admin|2017-02-10T09:51:45-07:00June 6th, 2011|General, Preparedness, Prevention|

The major public health achievements of the first 10 years of the 21st century included improvements in vaccine preventable and infectious diseases, reductions in deaths from certain chronic diseases, declines in deaths and injuries from motor vehicle crashes, and more, according to a report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The 10 domestic [...]

CDC Releases Road Safety Tool

By azdhs-admin|2017-02-10T09:51:46-07:00June 3rd, 2011|Prevention|

Arizona has been able to decrease the rate of deaths from car, truck and motorcycle crashes by 43% in the last 4 years, from about 19 deaths per 100,000 in 2005 to 11 per 100,000 Arizonans in 2009. While this is good progress, we still have a long way to go. Crashes are still the [...]

MyPlate Kickoff

By azdhs-admin|2011-06-02T13:13:14-07:00June 2nd, 2011|Prevention|

The USDA kicked off their (well-researched) approach to help folks better understand how to make better and healthier food choices. The new approach- called MyPlate presents a new way to look at what you eat- and replaces the 2 decade old “food pyramid”. The MyPlate approach will become the new curriculum moving forward for schools [...]

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Cell phones and cancer

By azdhs-admin|2011-06-01T10:22:27-07:00June 1st, 2011|Prevention|

The World Health Organization International Agency for Research on Cancer met this week in Lyon, France to analyze health-risk data regarding the electromagnetic fields generated by cell phones. Their initial report was published this week, concluding that the chronic use of cell phones could be “possibly carcinogenic to humans”. The group didn’t do any primary [...]

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