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November 2009

Advances

RWJF, October 2009

http://www.rwjf.org/global/email.jsp?nsid=805 

• A Little Money Buys a Lot of Calories at City Corner Stores

• Consumer Confidence in Health Care Rises Slightly in September

• The Cost of Failure to Enact Health Reform

• IOM Report Confirms Smoking Bans Prevent Heart Attacks

• Trust for America's Health Report Finds Many States Could Be Short on Hospital Beds in an H1N1 Outbreak

• Roadmap Posed Key Questions for Advancing Tobacco, Alcohol and Drug Abuse Policy

• Ten Leaders Honored for Working in Hard-to-Reach Communities

• Institute of Medicine Announces 2009 Lienhard Award and Sarnat Prize

• Kaiser Permanente "Biobank" Receives $25-Million Grant from National Institutes of Health

Alliance

Western Washington Area Health Education Center

Elaborations

Department of Health

http://www.doh.wa.gov/hsqa/fsl/lqa_newsletters.htm

EpiLog

Public Health Seattle & King County

http://www.kingcounty.gov/healthservices/health/communicable/epilog.aspx

EpiTrends

Department of Health, Vol. 14, No. 10, October 2009

http://www.doh.wa.gov/EHSPHL/epitrends/default.htm

• Reporting Adverse Events from Vaccines

  • The Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS)

  • Influenza Vaccination Cards

  • Reporting to VAERS

The Nation's Health

American Public Health Association, October 2009

http://www.apha.org/publications/tnh/

• Nation

  • Access to safe water a growing concern around the globe: APHA Annual Meeting focuses on water

  • Fight for reform of U.S. drug policies slowly making headway: Treatment favored over harsh sentences

  • Uninsurance numbers show need for U.S. health reform: Poverty rate grows

  • Debate continues as new findings make case for U.S. health reform

  • Group calls for strengthened law regulating toxic chemicals

  • Public health officials readying for increase in H1N1 influenza cases

  • Q&A with ocean advocate Celine Cousteau: ‘Healthier planet means a healthier human’: Cousteau to keynote opening session at APHA Annual Meeting

  • Nation In Brief

• State/Local

  • States in Brief

  • Prescription Trails links New Mexico patients with walking tips

• Globe

  • Report: Millions of women in Asia at risk of contracting HIV

  • Globe in Brief

• Healthy You

  • Baby on the way? Let nutrition guide your day

• Health Findings

• APHA News

  • APHA’s 2009 award winners to be honored for public health work: Ceremonies to be held at Annual Meeting

  • Winners announced for APHA’s 2009 member group elections

  • Share your APHA, Annual Meeting photos via Association’s Flickr pool

  • APHA meeting closing session to feature top health leaders

  • APHA Annual Meeting attendees encouraged to drink tap water

  • APHA: Set Your Clocks, Check Your Stocks with November time change

  • APHA Advocates

  • APHA welcomes five new staff members

• Affiliates

  • Maine Public Health Association creates legislative education guide

  • Arizona Affiliate helping state’s employers prepare for H1N1 flu

• Journal Watch

• President's Column

  • Recommiting to health, human rights in honor of Sen. Kennedy

• Job Openings

• Web Exclusive

  • Telephone counseling can help teen smokers kick the habit

  • Cocaine vaccine shows promise for treating addicts

  • Flu can trigger heart attacks, but vaccination may offer protection

  • Exercise improves body image for fit and unfit alike

  • Working after retirement improves health

  • Heart defects more common in babies born to overweight mothers

• Newsmakers

• Resources

Zoonotic Disease Newsletter

Washington State Department of Health

http://www.doh.wa.gov/ehp/ts/Zoo/zdnewsletter.html

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