Next Fiscal Year’s Budget Series – pt 2
On January 15, 2011, the Governor released her proposed budget for next fiscal year, which begins July 1, 2011. Our part of the budget in the link above is on pages 105 through 111. You kinda need to be a budgeteer to understand some of it, so I’ll try to distill it down a little in several posts this week. [...]
Next Fiscal Year’s Budget Series
On January 15, 2011, the Governor released her proposed budget for next fiscal year, which begins July 1, 2011. Our part of the budget in the link above is on pages 105 through 111. You kinda need to be a budgeteer to understand some of it, so I’ll try to distill it down a little in several posts this week. [...]
ADHS Launches New Mental Health Decision Tool
Right after the Tucson disaster, our team of behavioral health professionals started working on a decision tool to help folks better identify when and how to seek help. We launched our decision tool this week. Most people with mental illness aren’t violent and most people who are violent don't have a mental illness- but there are risk factors that can [...]
The Scoop on Fluoride
This month the EPA and HHS proposed a change that would lower the recommended level of fluoride in drinking water. A small amount of fluoride is good in drinking water because it prevents tooth decay. The idea is to maximize the health benefits of water fluoridation by continuing to prevent tooth decay while reducing the possibility of too much fluoride exposure for children. There are several reasons [...]
Teen Pregnancy on the Decline in AZ
Our Bureau of Public Health Statistics just released a new 10-year trend report on Teen Pregnancy in Arizona, 1999-2009. Some of the key findings are Teen pregnancy rates dropped 34% in AZ from 1999 to 2009. There were a total of 12,537 pregnancies to teens younger than 19 in 2009, which was the fewest number reported during this ten year period. [...]
Teen Pregnancy Prevention Resources in AZ
To combat teen pregnancy, ADHS uses multiple approaches that best fit with needs of local communities. Our Bureau of Women’s & Children’s Health has implemented teen pregnancy prevention programs since 1997 and currently administers the Abstinence Education Program and Comprehensive Education using lottery dollars and new federal funding authorized through the Affordable Care Act. The federal Title V Abstinence Education Program [...]