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Navajo County is in the process of capturing an equitable assessment of our community’s health needs. To assist us in the development...
Sep 26, 2018 | Alyson Jordan
The opioid epidemic has spread rapidly and uncontrollably through our country and our community. Research consistently links Adverse...
In business, you don’t sell the competitor’s product; you sell your product – you want to prosper. In the non-profit or public health...
Jul 17, 2018 | Guest Author
Nov 07, 2017 | Alyson Jordan
Dec 19, 2016 | Alyson Jordan
Nationally, women in rural areas are less likely to breastfeed than those in urban areas. In rural, underserved communities in the...
Dec 06, 2016 | Kim Rodgers
Health literacy is one of the best predictors of health status. It affects an individual’s ability to seek appropriate healthcare...
Aug 01, 2016 | Alyson Jordan
Do you live in a car-centric city? Do some residents lack access to an automobile and face a distinct disadvantage when seeking...
Jul 12, 2016 | Alyson Jordan
With funding from NACCHO’s Medical Reserve Corp (MRC) Challenge Award program, Eau Claire City-County Health Department and the Eau...
Jun 15, 2016 | Alyson Jordan
Navajo County is in the process of capturing an equitable assessment of our community’s health needs. To assist us in the development of a cohesive, county wide Community Health Improvement Plan (CHIP), we have partnered with many agencies, organizations and community members, within and outside of the health care industry. Our goal is to accurately reflect the health needs and gaps in the...
The opioid epidemic has spread rapidly and uncontrollably through our country and our community. Research consistently links Adverse Childhood Experiences and Adverse Community Environments, the Pair of Aces, with opioid use and abuse. Ending this threat requires a coordinated, community-wide effort between non-traditional partners to address the immediate crisis as well as the root causes.
In business, you don’t sell the competitor’s product; you sell your product – you want to prosper. In the non-profit or public health sector, you work together. What? Who gets the profit, the prize, the prosperity? As it turns out, the profit is in the partnership; community health is the prize; and we all prosper.
Nationally, women in rural areas are less likely to breastfeed than those in urban areas. In rural, underserved communities in the Arkansas delta region, women face multiple societal barriers that hinder their ability to access breastfeeding support services. The Arkansas Breastfeeding Coalition (ABC) addressed these barriers through strategic partnerships and by leveraging both internal and...
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.
Do you live in a car-centric city? Do some residents lack access to an automobile and face a distinct disadvantage when seeking services, education, and employment? Take a look at how Columbus, Ohio is reversing the auto-first thinking of traditional traffic engineering and the inequitable distribution of transportation resources.
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.
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