Campaign to Get Health Care Workers Immunized
Believe it or not only 27% of health care workers are up to date with their whooping cough booster… yet health care personnel can be infected with it by their patients, and then pass it on to other patients, family, and the community. The Arizona Partnership Against Pertussis, a coalition of seventeen health care organizations spearheaded by the March of [...]
Fighting Hunger – a Young Point of View
The best kind of good works are those that are done without prompting. Today, I met with a young lady whose mom works at ADHS. Earlier this month, Edie turned 8 and decided that instead of gifts she wanted to collect food for the food bank. But not just any kind of food – she decided to collect food for [...]
Norovirus Blooms with the Desert
Spring in Arizona is exciting for many reasons. We look forward to warmer weather, beautiful desert blooms, and cactus league baseball. Spring also signals the transition to our norovirus season… which infects about 21 million Americans including hundreds of thousands of Arizonans. Norovirus inflames the stomach and intestines and causes 24-48 hours of very unpleasant vomiting and diarrhea. It’s very contagious and spreads from [...]
2013 US Public Health Service Symposium Coming to the Valley
The 2013 US Public Health Service’s Scientific and Training Symposiumwill be held at the Renaissance Hotel in Glendale, Arizona from May 21 to 23, 2013. The Symposium is affordable and presents a range of continuing education, training and networking opportunities for public health folks at all levels as well as students and teachers interested in public health. The theme for the [...]
Comet PANSTARRS
If your at all interested in celestial events... make sure you take the time to check out Comet PANSTARRS starting this week at sunset in the West. It'll be around for a couple of weeks then it's off to space again. Here's more info about it. A different, much brighter comet is due in November called Comet ISON... which may turn out to be as [...]
The Health Care/Public Health Continuum
In the world of health care- the clinician works with patients individually. They examine various indicators of health for their patient including direct observations and laboratory or other diagnostic tests and implement interventions to help their patient improve their health. Providers also encourage their patients to live healthy lifestyles and take safety precautions- and help patients with preventative care by [...]