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Here you will find topics ranging from current events that affect public health in Arizona to overall information about the Arizona Department of Health Services

AZ’s Traumatic Brain Injury Network Developing

By Will Humble| 2017-02-10T09:50:44-07:00 February 6th, 2013|General, Preparedness|

Traumatic brain injury is involved in about 1/3 of all injury-related deaths- it’s clearly a public health issue. That’s why we created Arizona's Excellence in Pre-hospital Injury Care project- which is aimed at improving brain injury outcomes in AZ. The National Institutes of Health chose AZ as the only state to evaluate the national standards [...]

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Empowering Opportunity

By Will Humble| 2017-02-10T09:50:44-07:00 February 4th, 2013|General|

The Arizona Developmental Disabilities Planning Council just released a grant opportunity for folks that would like to get info out to folks with developmental disabilities, their families, caregivers, professionals empowering persons with developmental disabilities and their families. The goal is to provide easy to understand and practical information out that promotes informed decision making when [...]

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Accreditation Gaining Momentum

By Will Humble| 2017-02-10T09:50:44-07:00 January 31st, 2013|General|

We’re fully committed to achieving national public health accreditation and are well on our way. Accreditation will bring us a gold star for the work we’re doing to meet the ten essential public health standards and will validate our collaborative relationships with our partners and our governing body. Our efforts are led by a steering [...]

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Doctor Shortage – a Public Health Concern

By Will Humble| 2017-02-10T09:50:44-07:00 January 30th, 2013|Affordable Care Act, General|

Public Health tracks the number of healthcare workers – physicians, dentists and psychiatrists – to make sure we have enough to take care of the community. In Arizona we’ve been challenged to recruit and keep those professionals – and we have numerous Health Professional Shortage Areas. Just to eliminate the current shortages, we’d need an [...]

50 Years of Newborn Screening

By Will Humble| 2017-02-10T09:50:44-07:00 January 29th, 2013|General, Newborn Screening, Prevention|

Last year we welcomed about 87,000 newborns to Arizona. Our Newborn Screening Program (in our State Lab) ensures that each are tested for 28 inherited disorders and hearing problems. The goal is to help kids avoid illness, developmental delays and even death. Teamwork, communication and coordination are critical in making this program effective. A quick [...]

CDC’s Public Health Associate Program

By Will Humble| 2017-02-10T09:50:45-07:00 January 28th, 2013|General|

Do you know a young adult that might be interested in a career in the exciting field of public health? If you do, they may be in luck. The Public Health Associate Program administered by CDC is designed to identify future public health leaders with undergraduate degrees and a passion for public health. Throughout the [...]

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Influenza Still Increasing in AZ

By Will Humble| 2017-02-10T09:50:45-07:00 January 25th, 2013|General|

Yesterday afternoon's weekly flu report shows that influenza is still circulating widely in AZ... with a steep increase in the last couple of weeks. The strain that’s circulating is mostly Type A - H3N2 which can be more severe than the 2009 H1N1, especially for seniors. There are plenty of B strains going around too. But you can still find [...]

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New M2 Petitions on Horizon Again

By Will Humble| 2017-02-10T09:50:45-07:00 January 23rd, 2013|General|

Last January we accepted petitions from the public to add PTSD 1; PTSD 2; Depression; Migraines; and Generalized Anxiety Disorder to the list of conditions that qualify patients to receive a Medical Marijuana Registration Card. Because my guiding principle for making the decision was to use science and research to make the decision, we contracted with the U of [...]

Mental Health First Aid Hits National Stage

By Will Humble| 2017-02-10T09:50:46-07:00 January 17th, 2013|Behavioral Health, General|

Mental Health First Aid reached the national stage this week in the Presidents message. This week’s Now is the Time document developed by the Fed’s advocates expanding Mental Health First Aid Training for teachers and adults who work with kids. The proposal also includes funding to help identified children and teens find treatment if they [...]

New Year, New MEDSIS

By Will Humble| 2013-01-14T10:08:41-07:00 January 14th, 2013|General|

Over the past two years, folks in ITS and Epidemiology and Disease Control have been working together to enhance our state’s electronic communicable disease surveillance system called MEDSIS. This week the new version of MEDSIS went live. Major enhancements include the integration of tuberculosis reporting, case management and surveillance; expanded case management capabilities for all diseases; [...]

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