Emphasis Report - Traumatic Brain Injury 2014

The IDPH Injury and Violence Prevention Program releases special emphasis report: Traumatic Brain Injury 2014
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Connecting the Dots: Share Risk and Protective Factors

Connecting the Dots is a new CDC training on shared risk and protective factors across multiple forms of violence.
Read MoreViolence Prevention Injury Control/EMS
Rural Health Webinar - motor vehicle deaths/seatbelt use, suicide and drug overdose

This webinar will feature the CDC researchers who will discuss their findings, examine the factors contributing to these disparities, and point you to available tools and resources to address the disparities in your communities.
Read MoreInjury Control/EMS Webinar Health Equity Opioids Suicide Prevention Rural Health
President’s Task Force on Children’s Environmental Health Seeks Input to Federal Lead Strategy

The Interagency President’s Task Force on Environmental Health Risks and Safety Risks to Children is developing a new Federal Lead Strategy and seeks stakeholder input to ensure the strategy is comprehensive and inclusive.
Read MoreFamily Planning & Maternal and Child Health Injury Control/EMS Environmental Health
IL Poison Center's Fall Drawing and CE's

The month of October is IL Poison Center (IPC) Referral Month.
Read MoreIL Poison Center Poison Prevention Health Education/Promotion Injury Control/EMS Nursing
IPHA statements on gun violence

Several years ago IPHA members came together to address gun safety and gun violence. View the policy resolution and issue paper.
Read MorePolicy & Legislative Committee Injury Control/EMS Gun Violence
Health And Safety Tips For The Eclipse

Looking directly at the sun is unsafe except during the brief phase when the moon entirely eclipses the sun. The only safe way to look directly at the uneclipsed or partially eclipsed sun is through special-purpose solar filters.
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CCHHS SYSTEM NEWS, Community Edition (July 2016) - Cook County Health & Hospitals System

Cook County Health & Hospitals System (CCHHS) Newsletter, Community Edition (July 2016)
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Leveraging Health System Reform with Innovative Collaborations Meeting

SCY will hold quarterly meeting on Thursday, May 5 focused on Leveraging Health System Reform with Innovative Collaborations. This meeting will focus on the Affordable Care Act and the intersection of health care reform and violence prevention opportunities and partnerships.
Read MoreBehavioral Health Injury Control/EMS Family Planning & Maternal and Child Health
Check Illinois' ratings for 10 policies/practices in CDC’s Prevention Status Reports

The CDC's Prevention Status Reports (PSRs) highlight—for all 50 states and the District of Columbia—the status of public health policies and practices designed to address 10 important public health problems.
Read MoreHealth Education/Promotion Behavioral Health Policy & Legislative Committee Family Planning & Maternal and Child Health HIV/AIDS, STIs and Viral Hepatitis Food and Nutrition Family Planning Injury Control/EMS
Make 2016 your healthiest year yet!

Find ways to boost your health and well-being, and be an inspiration.
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New data shows guns are killing as many people as cars in the U.S.

For the first time in more than 60 years, firearms and automobiles are killing Americans at an identical rate, according to new mortality data released this month by the CDC.
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NACCHO Policy Statement: Public Health, Racism and Police Violence

NACCHO has released a policy statement on Public Health, Racism and Police Violence.
Read MoreHealth Equity Policy & Legislative Committee Injury Control/EMS
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Illinois Transportation Enhancement Program application period to open, more options for disadvantaged communities
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WHO Declares Monkeypox Outbreak a Public Health Emergency of International Concern
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Governor Pritzker Calls on Federal Government to Increase Monkeypox Virus Vaccination Efforts
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Monthly IAMHP HFS Meetings for Local Health Departments
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IAMHP Free Webinar: Defining and Understanding Infant / Early Childhood Mental Health