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Consider a hungry, malnourished young boy in a community hit by crisis. Why is he malnourished? Is it simply a lack of food, or are there underlying health problems that make it worse? Is unsafe drinking water making him sick? Does he have adequate shelter? Does his family know about the life-saving importance of handwashing or breastfeeding? The threats facing people in crisis are usually complex and interconnected. They require a unified, "holistic" approach to solve them. “Our focus is on saving lives and responding to public health emergencies. Public health combines health, nutrition, water, sanitation, hygiene, and shelter holistically”
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What does a healthy and resilient community look like to you? 🏥 Access to healthcare support and resources 🫗 Clean air, pure water, and nourishing food 🏫 Physical safety and access to quality education 🫂 A place where everyone feels welcome and uplifted ➕ What else??? We recently received funding from the Washington State Department of Health, via a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention grant, and teamed up with Rogue Heart Media SPC to ask seven trusted community messengers (in seven different languages!) what a healthy and resilient community means to them. We’re so thankful for their willingness to participate in these videos and for the imperative role they play in making our community a healthier and more resilient place for all. ➡️Watch Manzanita House Board Member, Balinda's video (then check out the other videos) and share YOUR answer in the comments below: What does a healthy and resilient community mean to YOU? Let’s build a healthy and resilient community together! 📽️ Watch all seven videos here: https://lnkd.in/grjfN9tM 🩺 For additional health-related resources: https://lnkd.in/gtxGADB3 #COVID19 #covidresources #health #healthcare #socialdeterminantsofhealth #empowerwomen #empowerimmigrants #empowerrefugees #healthresources #letsbuildhealthycommunitiestogether #immigrantsupport #refugeesupport #supportrefugees #supportimmigrants #immigrants #refugees
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Baby Formula Feeding -What Parents Should Know https://buff.ly/3JJkcD9 #𝐊𝐢𝐝𝐬𝐂𝐨𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐫 #𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡𝐲𝐋𝐢𝐟𝐞 #𝐖𝐞𝐑𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐚 Kids Corner is specifically designed for kids - get the best health tips for kid's care.
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Co-Founder & Director of Public Policy @ Change the Air | Indoor Air Quality, Advocacy, Government Affairs
It was an honor and a privilege to advocate for the Healthy at Home Act of 2023, crucial Federal legislation pushing for updated mold research, as well as improving the health, safety, and habitability of our country’s federally-assisted housing. I applaud Congressman Joe Courtney (CT-02), Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), and Congresswoman Joyce Beatty (OH-03) for championing this public health and housing issue. It's time to put mold on the same playing field as lead, asbestos and radon and give it the attention it deserves. Specifically, the Healthy at Home Act would: -Support research and standard-setting on mold and mold mitigation; provide federal funding to support building owners as they seek to make the changes needed to improve a building’s safety for tenants; -Create minimum housing stock quality requirements for federally-assisted housing; -Create an education campaign for tenants and landlords to reduce health risks; and -Incentivize states to disclose health and safety concerns in the building to future residents. The bill is endorsed by 22 organizations, including the National Housing Law Project, the American College of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology, the American Association of Nurse Practitioners, the American Academy of PAs, the American Lung Association, the American Academy of Pediatrics, the National League of Cities, the Change the Air Foundation, the National Low Income Housing Coalition, and the National Center for Healthy Housing. #indoorairquality #indoorair #indoorairpollution #healthyhomes #healthyhome #publichealth #publicpolicy #mold #waterdamage #moldremediation #inspection #airquality #housing #publichousing #airqualitymatters #advocacy Press Release for the Healthy at Home Act: https://lnkd.in/eWJB7pPx
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HEALTH AND HYGIENE Good hygiene is critical for preventing the spread of infectious diseases and helping children lead long, healthy lives. It also prevents them from missing school, resulting in better learning outcomes. For families, good hygiene means avoiding illness and spending less on health care. In some contexts, it can also secure a family’s social status and help individuals maintain self-confidence. Yet, important hygiene behaviours are difficult to practice without the right knowledge and skills, adequate community support and the belief that one’s own behaviour can actually make a difference. Many children around the world live in conditions that make it difficult to maintain good hygiene. Where homes, schools and health centres have dirt floors; where water for handwashing is unavailable; and even where families share spaces with domestic animals; maintaining hygiene can be a challenge. What’s more, practicing good hygiene is often perceived as a woman’s responsibility, adding to her burden of care. #snsinstitutions #snsdesignthinkers #snscopt #health and hygiene
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Please review this important research which provides solutions for SNAP enrollment, especially for older adults. Lack of clear, reliable information means many eligible older adults aren’t enrolled in benefits programs that can help, so AARP Foundation created these issue briefs to help states and community organizations improve the SNAP enrollment process for older adults. #SNAP #endseniorpoverty #foodinsecurity
Even as food costs have gone through the roof in recent years, more than 70% of eligible people over 60 are not enrolled in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. We listened to older adults to understand why. In nearly 200 interviews, we heard about frequent struggles with the application process, complex program requirements, and confusion about who is eligible to apply. These are solvable problems. We created these issue briefs to help states and community organizations improve the SNAP enrollment process for older adults. Take a look.
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A mantra among pediatricians and public health experts is that no amount of lead is safe for children. Exposure to lead has long been known to have many documented adverse effects — both short-term and long-term — on children’s health. These effects can include damage to the brain and nervous system that could manifest as lower IQ, learning and behavior difficulties, hearing loss, speech problems, and impaired growth and development. The scope of the problem is large: According to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, children in approximately 4 million households are exposed to high levels of lead. One of the difficulties of detecting lead exposure is that most children have no symptoms. Parents and caregivers may not know that their kids have a dangerous level of lead. We address more on the dangerous of lead poisoning in this CNN Q&A. Why are high lead levels so dangerous, especially to children? What are the symptoms of lead poisoning, and what treatments exist for it? And what should be done to prevent lead poisoning? https://lnkd.in/eSvThWSF #lead #leadpoisoning #leadpipes #leadpaint #EPA #CDC #publichealth
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Our Want to Know More About series is designed for professionals, volunteers and students in Leeds with an interest in, or responsibility for, supporting and promoting positive health and wellbeing. They are short, online sessions to raise awareness, share information, and develop practice around a wide variety of public health topics. Here's a look at what we've got coming up over the next few months: - Measles and the MMR vaccine - 24 April, 10am to 11am - Dying Matters; talking about death and grief - 1 May, 10am to 11.30am - Breastfeeding, climate and health; everybody's business - 16 May, 11am to midday - The NHS Healthy Start scheme - 21 May, 10am to 11am - Air pollution and children - 6 June, 11am to midday - Reducing loneliness and social isolation - 13 June, 10am to 11.30am All sessions are free to attend; just reserve your spot via Eventbrite before it's too late! All details can be found at http://bit.ly/wtkma #PublicHealth #CPD #Webinar #Measles #DyingMatters #Breastfeeding #Climate #HealthyStartScheme #AirPollution #SocialPrescribing
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Food and Nutrition Security Specialist | Nutrition in Emergencies |Livelihoods & Disaster Management Practitioner
I am excited to have attended a webinar on the The World Health Organization Guidelines for complementary feeding of infants and young children 6–23 months of age (2023). This guideline provides evidence-based recommendations on complementary feeding of infants and young children 6–23 months of age living in low, middleand high-income countries. It considers the needs of both breastfed and nonbreastfed children. These are public health recommendations, recognizing that children should be managed individually so that inadequate growth, overweight, or other adverse outcomes are identified, and appropriate action taken. This guideline does not address the needs of pre-term and low-birthweight infants, children with or recovering from acute malnutrition and serious illness, children living in emergencies, or children who are disabled. Except for children with disabilities, the needs of these other groups of children are addressed in other WHO guidelines.
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