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Health Equity & Social Justice, Social Determinants of Health Understanding Health Literacy to Improve Service Delivery Health literacy is one of the best predictors of health status. It affects an individual’s ability to seek appropriate healthcare services and adhere to treatment. Poor health literacy contributes to high healthcare costs, overuse of emergency departments, and underuse of preventive services. Low health literacy disproportionately affects the people who most often seek public health services. Aug 01, 2016 \| Alyson Jordan
Medical Reserve Corps, Social Determinants of Health Collaboration and Community Engagement Key to Saving Lives With funding from NACCHO’s Medical Reserve Corp (MRC) Challenge Award program, Eau Claire City-County Health Department and the Eau Claire County Medical Reserve Corps are hosting trainings to help prevent one of the top 10 causes of death in the United States: suicide. Jun 15, 2016 \| Alyson Jordan
Infectious Disease, Social Determinants of Health Meeting People Where They’re At: Harm Reduction at the Red Door Clinic Mar 29, 2016 \| Guest Author
Infectious Disease, Workforce Development Learning to Become a Disease Detective: My Role as a Disease Intervention Specialist within a Local Health Department As a Disease Intervention Specialist (DIS), I’m often the first person responding to a patient’s sexual health crisis. In addition to doing the background work of keeping statistics and ensuring each patient is properly treated for their sexually transmitted infection, a large part of my job is educating and interviewing patients, confidentially notifying partners, and providing linkages to... Feb 10, 2016 \| Alyson Jordan
Social Determinants of Health McLean County Health Department Rewards Healthy Behavior at Pop-Up Events Jun 09, 2015 \| Guest Author
Infectious Disease, Social Determinants of Health Building Trust for Public Health Surveillance From 2009 to 2014, seven cases of neonatal herpes emerged in Rockland County, New York. The cases occurred in the local Orthodox community and were suspected to result from the metzitzah b’peh practice during circumcision. Mar 17, 2015 \| Guest Author
Social Determinants of Health City of Champions Give Babies a Future In 2010 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, the City of Champions captured the title "most livable city in America" for the second year in a row but it is not so livable for some of the youngest citizens. The African American infant mortality rate continues to exceed the Caucasian rate by 3.7 times like many cities across the country. Jan 16, 2014 \| Guest Author
Injury and Violence Prevention, Maternal, Child, & Adolescent Health, Social Determinants of Health Always Buckle Up Children in the Backseat The Madison County Health Department promotes the Always Buckle up Children in the Backseat program through education. Oct 18, 2013 \| Alyson Jordan
Injury and Violence Prevention, Drug Overdose Prevention, Social Determinants of Health Alex’s Story For Alex’s parents, rural Ohio seemed like the perfect location to raise a family. In its rolling hills and vast farmland laid the safety and security of a small town setting. The schools were filled with neighbors’ children and residents did not think twice about leaving the doors to their homes unlocked. That is, until their teenage son became an opiate addict. Oct 18, 2013 \| Guest Author