Orientation 2008

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Health communications encompasses the study Health communications encompasses the study and use of communication strategies to inform and use of communication strategies to inform and influence individual and community and influence individual and community decisions that enhance health. It links the decisions that enhance health. It links the domains of communication and health and is domains of communication and health and is increasingly recognized as a necessary element increasingly recognized as a necessary element of efforts to improve personal and public health.of efforts to improve personal and public health.

(Healthy People 2010)(Healthy People 2010)

Morning

Working

Prioritizing List

PSAs/News Releases/Media Deadlines

Presentations

Educational Displays

Brochures, Handouts, Fliers Newsletters

Community Outreach . . . Posters

Like Sex?

Web site Updates

Public Health Champions

Annual Report

Celebrations

Public Health by the Numbers

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News Releases Your Hub Stories

Frontline Stories PSA's Distributed to 108 media contacts 3 times a year

Television/radio/newspaper invervies Powerpoint Presentations

Library / Health fair Displays Annual Report

Public health Champions Luncheon New Brochures

New Fliers New Posters

Entire Website redesign and Transition to new system Emergency Preparedness Conferences/Trainings

Jefferson County PIO gatherings Literature Review Committee Meeting

Public Health by the NumbersMonth Topic of display Libraries

February Forget the Fad, Lean Towards Lifestyle Eat Less, Move More, Promoting Healthy\Eating and Active Living.

Evergreen

Lakewood

Golden in March Standley Lake in May

Belmar in March

April Public Health Hot Topics A celebration of Public Health in our communities.

Colorado PH week.

Arvada

Conifer

Lakewood

June Summer Safety TipsSummertime health risks and how to prevent them.

(Food-borne illness, skin cancer, water & recreational safety, dog safety, dehydration & dangers of overheating (children/automobiles).

Belmar

Columbine

Evergreen

Lakewood

July Prevent Animal-Borne Diseases (i.e. West Nile Virus, Hantavirus, Plague,

Tularemia, Rabies, Petting Zoo Safety, etc.)

Belmar

Lakewood

Standley Lake

September Emergency Preparedness Home Emergency Kit and Plan, Caring for someone

ill in the home, Quarantine vs Isolation.

Belmar

Columbine

Evergreen

Golden

Lakewood

Standley Lake

November Staying Healthy . . . Regular Screenings and Preventive Services (Client Services including Breast & Cervical cancer screenings & referrals, STD testing and treatment, HIV testing and counseling, Reproductive health and family planning, Access to Health Care)

Belmar

Golden

Lakewood

That’s All Folks!!

That’s All Folks!!

That’s All Folks!!

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