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Healthcare Reform Questions

By Will Humble|2010-07-23T08:00:38-07:00July 23rd, 2010|General|

I know that many of you are getting questions from your stakeholders about healthcare reform. The website that HHS posted recently should help, as it provides the latest information on the health care reform law. It’s seems to mainly be focused on consumer awareness etc. For example, the website provides information about the new option [...]

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Aging Healthy in Arizona

By Will Humble|2010-07-22T09:45:31-07:00July 22nd, 2010|General|

In the next 2 decades Arizona’s population will age rapidly, increasing the demand for services related to management of chronic illnesses and disability, as well as increase health care and long term care costs. That’s why we need to focus efforts to improve the health and wellbeing of all older adults in Arizona. Our new [...]

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ADHS Status

By Will Humble|2017-02-10T09:52:13-07:00July 21st, 2010|General, Newborn Screening|

We’ve got a lot to be proud of over the last year and an half. It’s been hard, I know because of all of the budget reductions and the lower staffing level. On the other hand, we’ve got an incredible mission and we’re doing a good job. I often tell people that we work in [...]

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Medical Marijuana (Proposition 203)

By Will Humble|2017-02-10T09:52:13-07:00July 15th, 2010|General|

As I’ve mentioned in previous posts, an Initiative called the Arizona Medical Marijuana Act will be on the Ballot this November. We organized several teams (behavioral health, substance abuse, public health, licensure, rules, IT, and administrative council etc.) to examine the Initiative over the last few weeks. You can read a news article this week [...]

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AZ Obesity Update

By Will Humble|2017-02-10T09:52:14-07:00July 6th, 2010|General, Prevention|

The Trust for America’s Health released their annual obesity report. Overall, the national trend toward increasing obesity rates continued it’s march forward. Arizona ranked in the middle of the pack, but the pack itself in increasingly unhealthy. More than two-thirds of states have adult obesity rates above 25 percent. In 1991, no state had an [...]

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CDC’s “Science Clips”

By Will Humble|2010-06-30T10:00:56-07:00June 30th, 2010|General|

I have a new bookmark spot for you. It’s called Science Clips; it’s the CDC’s newest weekly publication. Each week selected science clips will be posted on the site for the public health community with the goal of enhancing awareness of emerging scientific knowledge. The focus is applied public health research and prevention science that [...]

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Congratulations Mohave and Yuma Counties!

By Will Humble|2010-06-18T09:43:37-07:00June 18th, 2010|General, Preparedness|

A big round of applause is due for Patty Mead and Becky Brooks and their teams at Mohave & Yuma Counties for receiving full recognition for Project Public Health Ready (PPHR). Their teams persevered through the process, didn't give into frustration when additional documentation was needed and came out on the winning end. ADHS is proud to be a partner in [...]

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Medical Marijuana’s on the Ballot

By Will Humble|2010-06-07T11:31:14-07:00June 7th, 2010|General|

The Arizona Secretary of State’s Office determined that enough valid signatures were turned in to put “The Arizona Medical Marijuana Act” on the November 2 ballot as a voter initiative. Basically, if the Act were to pass and be certified, it would create a system so that “qualifying patients” could apply to dispense, use and [...]

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2010 American Fitness Report

By Will Humble|2017-02-10T09:52:16-07:00June 2nd, 2010|General, Prevention|

Which city do you think is overall more fit and healthy, Phoenix or Pittsburgh. I won’t give you the answer, you’ll have to go to this year’s The ACSM American Fitness Index Report at http://www.americanfitnessindex.org/ to get the answer. They put this report out every year to help city planners, policy makers, health educators, and [...]

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Community Health Centers

By Will Humble|2017-02-10T09:52:16-07:00June 1st, 2010|General|

The federal government has committed to significant new funding for community health centers in the coming years. Nationally, about $13B will become available over the next 5 years for community health center expansion ($9.5B); facility improvement ($1.5B) and workforce development ($1.5B). This translates into about 7,000 to 10,000 new community health center sites nationally over [...]

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