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Yet Another Obesity Call to Action

By |2017-02-10T09:52:11-07:00August 19th, 2010|General|

You probably think I sound like a broken record because I’m always writing about obesity…  but it really is the dominant public health issue of our time.  Last week, the CDC released its latest Vital Signs report called "State-Specific Obesity Prevalence Among Adults – United States, 2009,"…  which finds that nine states had an obesity [...]

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Winnable Battle- Healthcare Acquired Infections

By |2010-08-18T09:05:59-07:00August 18th, 2010|General|

Each year in the US there are 1.7 million health care associated infections that cause approximately 99,000 deaths in US hospitals.  There are lots of germs that can cause health care associated infections, but 16% are in the really bad category because they’re resistant to  antibiotics.  These multidrug-resistant organisms pose huge problems once they get [...]

New Electronic Smokefree AZ Reporting Module

By |2010-08-10T08:05:17-07:00August 10th, 2010|General|

Our Smoke Free Arizona and ITS teams polished off their electronic Complaint Reporting System this week.  Our county partners can use the new tool to manage complaints electronically.  The reports can be downloaded in PDF format or Excel.  This is a great example of a solid team effort with participation from both teams including Harmony Duport, [...]

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Gulf Fish Testing

By |2010-08-09T10:54:18-07:00August 9th, 2010|General|

Our laboratory expects to get our first seafood samples from the Gulf next week.  The goal is find out whether commercial seafood has been contaminated by the oil spill and if so, to determine whether the levels pose a health risk.  Our team will specialize in testing for  Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs).  The FDA and NOAA [...]

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Arizona’s Pre-Existing Condition Insurance Plan Goes Live

By |2017-02-10T09:52:12-07:00August 6th, 2010|Behavioral Health, General|

Some of the folks that we serve in our diverse mission have complicated medical conditions and may have had trouble in the past finding health insurance because of a pre-existing health problem.  The new federal healthcare reform law may be able to help some of these folks under the newly created “Pre-Existing Condition Insurance Plan (PCIP)”…  [...]

ADHS E-Communications Site

By |2010-08-02T14:26:51-07:00August 2nd, 2010|General|

Just a reminder that you can sign up for electronic notifications in your in-box of our media releases, and lots of other cool communications like our weekly, in-season, healthy recipe at: http://visitor.constantcontact.com/email.jsp?m=1101362445484.  Tell your friends too.

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Healthcare Reform Questions

By |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 |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 [...]

ACPTC

By |2017-02-10T09:52:14-07:00July 7th, 2010|Uncategorized|

 Our ACPTC  provides for the civil commitment of people who have a mental disorder that predisposes a person to commit sexual acts that pose a danger to the health and safety of others (A.R.S. § 36-3701, et. seq.).  The mission of the center is to provide therapy to those individuals who have been civilly committed- [...]

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Child Nutrition Act

By |2010-06-29T09:29:12-07:00June 29th, 2010|Uncategorized|

As you remember from previous posts- the Child Nutrition Act has been introduced in the Senate and moved out of Committee.  This month, a bipartisan group of members in the U.S. House introduced a similar bill to reauthorize and amend the Child Nutrition Act, “Improving Nutrition for America’s Children Act.”  The bill is posted at [...]

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