ADHS Announces Positive Changes to their Vaccines for Children Program!
ADHS is making several encouraging changes to their management & policies in Arizona’s Vaccines for Children program! Leadership of the Immunizations Bureau will be changing (although that job announcement isn’t posted yet) and they’re actively recruiting a new Assistant Director that oversees the VFC program. See: Assistant Director of Public Health Preparedness Why doctors are leaving Arizona’s Vaccines for Children Program making it harder for parents to get their kids vaccinated
Free Webinar: Public Health Workforce & Substance Abuse in Rural Arizona
Friday, April 26, 2024 9-10am Agenda Public health relevance of substance use prevention, harm reduction and treatment focusing on opioids and stimulants. Effective prevention, harm reduction, treatment and recovery services that are being deployed across rural Arizona. Importance of addressing both the social and environmental determinants of health in Rural Arizona. Data collection, analysis, and synthesis to inform public health and health care stakeholders as they make policy and program
Public Health Journalism this Week
Arizona Legislature OKs major reforms for assisted living facilities (azcentral.com) Republic series are IRE investigative journalism award winner, finalist (azcentral.com) Arizona assisted living: The places with complaints filed against them (azcentral.com) Medicaid fraud caused Navajo men’s deaths, lawsuits against AZ say (azcentral.com) Health and Human Services increases loan forgiveness for OBs, midwives who practice in rural areas • Arizona Mirror (azmirror.com) Arizona abortion ban reaction: ‘Everyone has to vote in
EPA Issues Contaminant Limit for ‘Forever Chemicals’ (PFAS): Finally Clearing the Way for their Regulation in Drinking Water
EPA just established a maximum limit (Maximum Contaminant Level) for PFAS (aka perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances) often referred to as “forever chemicals” because they the chemicals don’t degrade over time in the environment as many other chemicals do, like gasoline. The main sources of PFAS’ in the environment are: Military bases and airports, mostly from training and testing exercises using firefighting foam; Petroleum stations and terminals, chemical manufacturers, commercial printers,
Pima County Health Department Internships
Pima County Health Department has 10 paid summer internship positions open! These internships are located within various divisions throughout the department including Epidemiology, Consumer Health Vector, Clinical Services, Community Mental Health, Addiction, and Injury, Policy, Equity and Resilience, Cross Functional Operations and the Director’s Office. If you are interested in applying, please use the link below. These internships require a commitment of 400 hours minimum from May 28, 2024 – August
Arizona Supreme Court Upholds 1864/1901 Law Banning Nearly All Abortion Care: Training this Friday to Circulate Petitions to Legalize Abortion
This Friday: Training to Circulate Petitions for an Arizona Constitutional Amendment that Would Legalize Abortion Care in Arizona The Arizona Supreme Court today upheld a territorial-era law that will shortly end nearly all abortion care in Arizona. Today’s ruling held that Arizona’s pre-statehood law mandating 2 to 5 years in prison for anyone aiding an abortion “… unless it is necessary to save her (the pregnant person’s) life” is the