Get In the Health Care Driver’s Seat
Let’s face it. When it comes to being in control as a consumer- information is power. And being in control of your own health and health care is probably one of the most important things you can do as you go through life. Up until the last couple of years, the healthcare world has been opaque when it comes to [...]
Summer Means It’s Time for Sun Safety
Skin cancer is now the most common cancer in the U.S. but is preventable by using good judgment. Thirteen new studies confirm what most of us have suspected, that protecting your skin from damaging UV rays with clothing, sunscreen, hats, sunglasses and shade, decreases sunburns, tanning and the formation of moles—all factors in developing a potentially fatal skin cancer like [...]
Live Broadcast: Launching of the Arizona State Health Improvement Plan
We’ll be having a live web broadcast about our State Health Improvement Plan on Monday, June 2, 2014 at 2:00 p.m. The web broadcast will provide an overview of the State Health Assessment and State Health Improvement Plan… including the next steps. Tune in if you can.
Summer Means it’s Time for Sun Safety
Skin cancer is now the most common cancer in the U.S. but is preventable by using good judgment. Thirteen new studies confirm what most of us have suspected, that protecting your skin from damaging UV rays with clothing, sunscreen, hats, sunglasses and shade, decreases sunburns, tanning and the formation of moles—all factors in developing a potentially fatal skin cancer like [...]
AZ Teen Birth Rate Drops 30% in 5 Years
I’ve often blogged about why teen pregnancy is an important Arizona winnable battle and why it’s a key public health indicator. Having a baby as a teenager impacts the mom, the dad, the baby and the whole community. Teen parents often don’t finish high school which, in turn, reduces their ability to financially take care of their newborn and results [...]
1920 ADHS Annual Report
With our Annual Report coming up soon, I was surfing the web to get some ideas last night and ran across our 1920 ADHS Annual Report. Call me a public health geek, but I couldn’t put my iPad down. The Annual Report covers our agency activities that year- things like our new (1919) Midwifery regulations, an STD report (from the [...]