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Older Americans Month: How You Can Help Protect Their Health

May is Older Americans Month. When President John F. Kennedy designated May as “Senior Citizens Month” in 1963, approximately 17 million Americans were age 65 or older.(1) Today, that number is 45 million.(2) It’s a demographic comparable in size to the population of Argentina.(3) Who Are Older Adults? Older adults are our parents, grandparents, aunts, Read More >

May 26, 2020 by Blog Administrator3 Comments

Disease Outbreak, General, preparedness, prevention

#oam2020, #prepyourhealth, Care for Each Other, COVID-19, Create Community, older adults, personal health, public health

Prep Your Health by Reviewing Important Paperwork

Young woman helping an elderly woman complete a form

The importance of proofreading everything you write before you turn it in is a lesson many people learn in elementary school. For much of our early lives, the lesson applies almost exclusively to things like book reports and term papers. The need to check personal paperwork for errors and omissions becomes even more important in Read More >

March 6, 2020 by Blog AdministratorLeave a comment

General, natural disasters, preparedness, response

#prepyourhealth, Asthma Action Plan, back to school, Cancer Survivorship Care Plan, Emergency Action Plan, emergency backpack card, medical records, National Proofreading Day, paperwork, personal health, prescription medications, Ready Wrigley

Five Things You Need to Know About Flu Season

Sick boy with thermometer laying in bed and mother hand taking temperature. Mother checking temperature of her sick son who has thermometer in his mouth. Sick child with fever and illness while resting in bed.

“It’s the least-fun, viral time of the year…” The indicators that CDC uses to track U.S. flu activity have been high this season (2019-2020). That’s the bad news. The good news is that the indicators that track severity–hospitalizations and deaths–are not high at this point (January 2020) in the season. Lots of people are catching Read More >

January 22, 2020 by Blog Administrator2 Comments

Flu, General, preparedness, prevention

#prepyourhealth, flu season, illness, influenza, personal health, public health, seasonal flu, surveillance, vaccine

Preparing Children with Special Healthcare Needs for an Emergency

Special education. Teddy bear hiding behind a blackboard. Special education text drawing on the blackboard

In my home both of my children have special health care needs. My daughter Charlotte is 4 years-old, and my son, Zachary, is 2 years-old. Both were diagnosed with asthma at an early age. Having children with special health care needs means that my husband and I must think ahead, plan ahead, and prepare our Read More >

December 2, 2019 by Holly Gay2 Comments

General, natural disasters, preparedness, response

#prepyourhealth, and after an emergency, Backpack emergency card, Before, children, Communication Plans, during, emergency, emergency care plan, Emergency Information Form, emergency supplies, family reunification, mental health, personal health, Preparing, public health, Public Health Emergency Preparedness Program, Reunification, Safe Transportation, Special Care Plan, Special Healthcare Needs, Transportation

Viral Lessons: What Paralysis Taught Me About Preparedness and Response

An enlarged view of a female Culex quinquefasciatus mosquito

Sometime in mid-August of 2010, I was bitten by a mosquito here in Decatur, Georgia. Normally, that’s not something worth mentioning, but in this instance the mosquito that bit me was carrying a virus, and that bite changed my life. The mosquito that bit me was carrying West Nile virus (WNV). Within a few days Read More >

October 21, 2019 by Devin Lenz4 Comments

General, prevention, Vectorborne, Zoonotic Disease

#prepyourhealth, Center for Preparedness and Response (CPR), fight the bite, mental health, mosquitoes, paralysis, personal health, protect yourself, public health, public health matters, west nile virus

Practical Skills for Personal Preparedness

September is National Preparedness Month. Throughout the month, the Center for Preparedness and Response will publish posts that highlight the work of public health departments as it relates to personal health preparedness themes. This week’s theme is Practical Skills. Practical skills are self-help and life-saving skills and lessons that you can learn, practice, and pass Read More >

September 30, 2019 by Blog Administrator3 Comments

natural disasters, preparedness, Preparedness Month

#prepyourhealth, Center for Preparedness Response, cpr, emergency preparedness, handwashing, national preparedness month, npm, personal health, practical skills, Prepare Your Health, public health, Public Health Emergency Preparedness Program

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