More EMS Web-based Improvements to Launch This Month
A year ago, our Bureau of EMS and Trauma System launched its Web-based EMCT registration program. The Bureau along with our IT staff have been hard at work on the next phase of their automation project, the EMS Training Program portal. The portal will go live this month allowing the EMS Training Program folks to submit all of the required registration, testing and course completion documents [...]
Take Time in April to Learn about Alcohol
You may have a drink each night when you get home from work. Or maybe you just drink on the weekends. Over time, you find yourself drinking more and looking forward to drinking alcohol. Didn’t that research say wine was good for you? Not so fast. You may be dependent, like some 17 million Americans -- leading to 88,000 alcohol [...]
Annual Poster Contest Helps Teach Kids to be Sun Safe
With 310 days of sunshine a year, sun safety in Arizona is critical to prevent skin cancer. Our SunWise Program works with the community to promote sun safety messaging. Through our 13th Annual Poster Contest, Arizona children pre-K to 12th grade are encouraged to send us their best drawing on how to “Be SunWise & Play Sun Smart” by 5 p.m. on Friday, April 24, 2015. Contest [...]
New Tobacco Prevention Public Service Campaigns Launched
This month we launched two new tobacco prevention public service awareness campaigns that show the final consequences of long term tobacco use, and the effect of secondhand smoke on children. The public service announcements for the Arizona Smokers' Helpline (ASHLine) focus on smokers and encourages people to call the ASHLine for help quitting. Since the PSA’s were launched in early [...]
Newborn Screening Rulemaking Moves Forward
The Arizona Newborn Screening Program screens more than 80,000 babies for a panel of 29 disorders annually. Although babies born with these disorders may appear to be normal at birth, with time the disorder may have a devastating or lethal effect on the infant’s health and development. Early screening, detection, and quick treatment of these disorders can, in many cases, [...]
World TB Day Highlights Efforts to Control the Spread of the Disease
March 24 is World TB Day, which is an opportunity for us to reflect not only on our progress towards tuberculosis (TB) elimination in Arizona, but on the history of what World TB Day stands for globally. World TB Day was established as a reminder that TB is still a public health threat. TB is an eradicable disease that continues to be the second leading infectious disease killer [...]